- Date
- January 9, 1863 – January 11, 1863
- Location
- Arkansas Post, Arkansas
- Result
- Union victory
- Part of
- American Civil War
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
About the battle
The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman, was fought from January 9 to 11, 1863, along the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate forces constructed Fort Hindman near Arkansas Post in late 1862. Also in late 1862, Major General John A. McClernand of the Union army (as the United States Army was known during the war) was authorized to recruit troops in the Midwest for an expedition down the Mississippi River against Vicksburg, Mississippi. Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant began an overland campaign against Vicksburg along the Mississippi Central Railroad in November. He and Union General-in-Chief Henry Halleck did not trust McClernand, and through machinations placed the start of the riverine movement against Vicksburg under the command of Major General William T.
From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Arkansas Post”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.