Kansas 2nd Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
08/11/1861
Organized - Kansas 2nd Volunteer Cavalry - Kansas
24/08/1862
Battle - Coon Creek, Missouri
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
22/10/1862
Battle - Old Fort Wayne - Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
27/11/1862
Battle - Carthage, Missouri
28/11/1862
Battle - Cane Hill - Washington County, Arkansas
07/12/1862
Battle - Prairie Grove - Washington County, Arkansas
Nine months after their victory at Pea Ridge, the Union Army of the Frontier in the area was geographically divided. One division under Brig. Gen. James Blunt remained in the northwestern part of Arkansas, and the second under Brig. Gen. Francis Herron was stationed around the Missouri capital of Springfield. The Confederates, hoping to use Arkansas as a base for operations into the border state of Missouri, looked to defeat the Union armies in the area. Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman gathered a Confederate f…READ MORE
01/09/1863
Battle - Devil's Backbone - Sebastian County, Arkansas
Confident that they had cleared Confederates from the Indian Territory of modern-day Oklahoma, Federal commander Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt turned his attention to the Rebel presence around nearby Fort Smith, Arkansas. Capturing the fort without incident the morning of September 1st, 1863, shortly after the Confederates evacuated it, Blunt ordered a pursuit of the fleeing Rebels. Col. William Cloud organized a 1,500-man column of two cavalry regiments and an artillery battery and headed south. Fifteen miles…READ MORE
01/09/1863
Battle - Backbone Mountain, Arkansas
29/12/1863
Battle - Waldron, Arkansas
26/01/1864
Battle - Caddo Gap, Arkansas
18/04/1864
Battle - Poison Spring - Ouachita County, Arkansas
Poison Spring State Park is a day use park complete with picnic furnishings, a trail and a diorama summarizing the Battle of Poison Spring. This site is dedicated to the battle fought there April 18, 1864, during the Camden expedition of the Red River Campaign. Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers returning from taking supplies from Camden, Arkansas.READ MORE
20/04/1864
Battle - Camden, Arkansas
29/07/1864
Battle - Fort Smith, Arkansas
01/09/1864
Battle - Fort Smith, Arkansas
17/08/1865
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