✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Arkansas Post

January 9–11, 1863 · Arkansas Post, Arkansas

Result Union victory

Union victory on the Arkansas River that captured Fort Hindman during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
William Tecumseh Sherman John Alexander McClernand Major General, Commander of the Union expedition against Arkansas Post David Dixon Porter Rear Admiral, Commander of the Union naval forces
Thomas James Churchill military commander, Confederate commander at Arkansas Post

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 30,000c. 26,000
Casualties
1,092c. 1,100
Strength
c. 5,000
Casualties
c. 5,000
Captured
c. 4,800

Units

Army of the Mississippi 16th Ohio Infantry Regiment Mississippi River Squadron

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