Confederate States Army. Trans-Mississippi Department. Arkansas. Military Orders
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Scope and Content Note
Special Orders, issued by 1st Corps Commander Thomas Carmichael Hindman at Fort Smith, Arkansas December 3, 1862, and at Van Buren, Arkansas December 21 and 24, 1862, and by Department Commander Theophilus Hunter Holmes at Little Rock, Arkansas December 20, 1862. Orders, pertaining to matters of military transport and the provisioning of troops in western Arkansas and the Indian Territory, relate to Charles B. Johnson, Thomas Lanigan, Robert Crittenden Newton, and Albert Pike.
Dates
- 1862
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
The Trans-Mississippi Department was a geographical region of the Confederate States Army which consisted of states west of the Mississippi River. Specifically, the region included Arkansas, Missouri, parts of Louisiana, Texas, the Arizona Territory, and present-day Oklahoma. This area was the last portion of the Confederacy to officially surrender to the United States at the end of the American Civil War.
Extent
.002 Linear Feet (4 items)
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection consists of a single folder, housed in a box with other smaller manuscript collections.
Acquisition Information
The Confederate States Army. Trans-Mississippi Department. Arkansas. Military Orders were purchased by the University of Arkansas Libraries circa 1950.
Processing Information
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Creator
- Title
- Confederate States Army. Trans-Mississippi Department. Arkansas. Military Orders
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu