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1) Allen, Desmond Walls. ARKANSAS’ DAMNED YANKEES: AN INDEX TO UNION SOLDIERS IN ARKANSAS REGIMENTS. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1987. 8 1/2 x 11" softbound, 217pp. Contains info (name, unit, co, date/place of enlistment, age, birthplace) on ca 9203 Union soldiers serving in Arkansas regiments during the Civil War. $22.00.

2) Bailey, Anne J. and Daniel E. Sutherland, eds. CIVIL WAR ARKANSAS: BEYOND BATTLES AND LEADERS. Fayetteville, AR: U of AR Pr, 1999. Illus, notes, ind, hardcover in dj, 336pp. A new collection of essays on the Civil War in Arkansas, both the military and social dimensions. $34.00.

3) Bailey, Anne J. and Daniel E. Sutherland, eds. CIVIL WAR ARKANSAS: BEYOND BATTLES AND LEADERS. Paperback ed., $22.00.

4) Bass, Ronald R. HISTORY OF THE 31ST ARKANSAS CONFEDERATE INFANTRY. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1996. Illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, paperback, 142pp. $22.50.

5) Baxter,William. PEA RIDGE AND PRAIRIE GROVE OR SKETCHES AND INCIDENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN ARKANSAS. Fayetteville, AR: U of AR Pr, 2000. Front, paperback 146pp. With a new introduction by William L. Shea. $16.00.

6) Bevens, William E. REMINISCENCES OF A PRIVATE: WILLIAM F. BEVENS OF THE 1ST ARKANSAS INFANTRY CSA. Fayetteville, AR: U of AR Pr, 1992. Illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, roster, paperback, 320pp. $22.50.

7) Bishop, A. W. LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER, OR SKETCHES OF UNION MEN OF THE SOUTH-WEST WITH INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES IN REBELLION ON THE BORDER. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 2003. Edited by Kim Allen Scott. Notes, bibliography, index, 228pp, cloth with dj. “LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER was first published in 1863 and has the immediacy, passion, and intimacy of its wartime context. Albert Webb Bishop was a New York attorney who joined the Union Army at the start of the Civil War. In 1862, he accepted a commission as lieutenant colonel in a regiment of Ozark mountaineers. While maintaining Union control of northwest Arkansas, Bishop gathered stories of political secession, social coercion, and the brutal terrorism that marked this region. He compiled them into this heroic tale about the triumph of Unionism in a Confederate state, a history meant to inspire citizens everywhere. He wrote to boost Union morale, to elicit sympathy for the South’s Unionists, and to identify both loyal and disloyal residents of Arkansas for postwar reward and retribution. To these ends, his volume includes biographies of prominent local Unionists; and it describes the activities of his regiment, his tenure as provost marshal in Fayetteville, and the course of the war in Arkansas up to the spring of 1863. This new, edited version of his text includes a detailed biographical essay on Bishop himself and, for the first time, annotations to identify the cast of characters and to provide interpretive background.” $29.95.

8) Bishop, A. W. LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER OR SKETCHES OF UNION MEN OF THE SOUTHWEST WITH INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES IN REBELLION ON THE BORDER. Fayetteville, AR: U of AR Press, 2003. Notes, bibliography, index, paperback, 256pp. $16.95.

9) Christ, Mark K., ed. “ALL CUT TO PIECES AND GONE TO HELL:” THE CIVIL WAR, RACE RELATIONS, AND THE BATTLE OF POISON SPRING. Little Rock, AR: August House, 2003. Illustrated, maps, notes, index, 147pp. Essays on the Camden Expedition, Honey Springs, and Poison Spring from a January 26, 2002, seminar at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. Hardcover w/dj $23.95. (Read review.)

10) Christ, Mark K., ed. “ALL CUT TO PIECES AND GONE TO HELL” Paperback edition. 14.95.

11) Christ, Mark K. GETTING USED TO BEING SHOT AT: THE SPENCE FAMILY CIVIL WAR LETTERS. Fayetteville, AR: U of AR Press, 2002. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index, hardcover in dj, 248pp. The Spences were a wealthy family who owned land, slaves, and the main hotel in Arkadelphia, Arkansas...Alexander Spence (1st Arkansas Infantry CSA) saw action at Shiloh and most of the other major engagements of the Army of Tennessee, while his brother Thomas (2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles CSA) fought in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. $24.95.

13) Christ, Mark, ed. RUGGED AND SUBLIME: THE CIVIL WAR IN ARKANSAS. Illus, map, notes, index, paperback, 207pp. $19.95. (Read review.)

14) Collier, Calvin L. FIRST IN—LAST OUT: THE CAPITOL GUARDS, ARKANSAS BRIGADE IN THE CIVIL WAR. Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Civil War Store, 1995. Illus, maps, bib, paperback, 161pp. $15.00.

15) CONFEDERATE WOMEN OF ARKANSAS IN THE CIVIL WAR: MEMORIAL REMINISCENCES. Fayetteville, AR: M & M Press, 1993. Index, 266pp., bound in gray cloth. $20.00

16) DeBlack, Thomas A. WITH FIRE AND SWORD: ARKANSAS 1861-1864. Fayetteville, AR: U of AR Pr, 2003. Illus, maps, bib, ind, hardcover in dj, 277pp. Hardcover ed. $34.95.

17) DeBlack, Thomas A. WITH FIRE AND SWORD: ARKANSAS 1861-1864. Paperback ed. $18.95.

18) Dougan, Michael. CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS: THE PEOPLE AND POLITICS OF A FRONTIER STATE IN WARTIME. Tuscaloosa, AL: U of AL Pr, 1991. Notes, ind, paperback, 165pp. $24.95.

19) [7th Missouri Cavalry US] Eakin, Joanne C. THE SPLENDORS AND HORRORS OF A BATTLEFIELD: A YANKEE CAVALRYMAN, C. W. DEWOLF, VIEWS THE BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE AND AFTERWARDS. Independence, MO: Two Trails Publishing, 1999. Illus, index, paperback,157pp. Journal of C. W. DeWolf of the 7th Missouri Cavalry (USA) from December 1, 1862 to May 29, 1863, plus biographical sketches of people named in the journal. $14.95.

20) Forsyth, Michael J. THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION OF 1864 AND THE OPPORTUNITY LOST BY THE CONFEDERACY TO CHANGE THE CIVIL WAR. Illustrated, maps, bibliography, index, illustrated hardcover, no dj, 222pp. $39.95.

21) Hess, Earl J., et al. WILSON’S CREEK, PEA RIDGE, AND PRAIRIE GROVE: A BATTLEFIELD GUIDE, WITH A SECTION ON WIRE ROAD. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Illustrated, maps, notes, bibliography, index, paperback, 301pp. $19.95.

22) Hughes, Jr., Nathaniel Cheairs, ed. SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY, CONFEDERATE. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Pr, 2000. Illus, notes, bib, ind, hardcover in dj, 185pp. An autobiographical account of his years in the Confederate army (6th Arkansas Infantry) by the British journalist and explorer, remembered for the famous question "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." The price LSU printed in its catalog and thus reported on our website, was apparently in error. The actual price is $28.95.

23) Jones, Samuel. THE BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE, DECEMBER 7, 1862. Np, nd. Illus, wraps, 40pp. $5.00.

24) Mackey, Robert R. THE UNCIVIL WAR: IRREGULAR WARFARE IN THE UPPER SOUTH, 1861-1865. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. Illustrated, maps, notes, bibliography, index, hardcover in dj, 300pp. “The Upper South—Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia—was the scene of the most destructive war ever fought on American soil. Contending armies swept across the region from the outset of the Civil War until its end, marking their passage at Pea Ridge, Shiloh, Perryville, and Manassas. Alongside this much-studied conflict, the Confederacy also waged an irregular war, based on nineteenth-century principles of unconventional warfare. In THE UNCIVIL WAR, Robert R. Mackey outlines the Southern strategy of waging war across an entire region, measures the Northern response, and explains the outcome.” $34.95. Read review

25) Mahan, Russell. FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS IN THE CIVIL WAR. Bountiful, UT: Historical Byways, 2003. Illustrated, notes, bibliography, index, paperback, 143pp. $19.95.
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28) [16th Arkansas Infantry CSA] Miller, Mark. “IF I SHOULD LIVE:” A HISTORY OF THE 16TH ARKANSAS CONFEDERATE INFANTRY 1861-1863. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 2000. Maps, roster, index, paperback, 162pp. This regiment was organized in Benton County, Arkansas, December 4, 1861, and fought at Pea Ridge, Corinth (both the defense and the battle), and Port Hudson, where they surrendered on July 8, 1863. $24.50.

29) Mobley, Freeman K. MAKING SENSE OF THE CIVIL WAR IN BATESVILLE-JACKSONPORT AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS 1861-1874. Batesville, AR: P. D. Printing, 2005. Maps, notes, index, paperback, 322pp. $20.00.
From 1861 to 1874 a bitter guerrilla war was carried on throughout Northeastern Arkansas. In addition to that terrible “little war” several major armies passed through the region and used its resources and people to develop military campaigns for both Missouri and Central Arkansas.
In 1862 Union General Samuel Curtis found Batesville-Jacksonport to be an ideal base to prepare his army for an assault on Little Rock. After Curtis was diverted into Helena on the Mississippi River, the Confederates used the same base, Batesville-Jacksonport, to support their military operations. Sterling Price, John Sappington Marmaduke and J. O. Shelby all operated from that base at one time or another. Their final offensive, “Price’s Great Missouri Raid,” was organized and outfitted in the Batesville-Jacksonport camps.
The Official Records, with various diaries, letters and biographies, have been pulled together to present a coherent picture of Northeast Arkansas during the American Civil War.
Awarded the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, by the Daughters of the Confederacy.

30) [30th Arkansas Infantry, CSA] Robertson, Brian K., ed. THINGS GREW BEAUTIFULLY WORSE: THE WARTIME EXPERIENCES OF CAPTAIN JOHN O’BRIEN, 30TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY, CSA. Little Rock, AR: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2001. Illustrated, maps, notes, bibliography, paperback 88 pp. O’Brien was captured at the Battle of Murfreesboro and sent to Johnson’s Island, where he began a diary relating his war experiences to that point and daily life at the prison. $12.50.

31) Robinson, Lucy. BROTHERS IN ARMS: THE SPENCE FAMILY AND THE CIVIL WAR. Little Rock, AR: Old State House Museum, 2001. Illustrated pamphlet, 47pp. This a high quality, glossy program published by the Old State House Museum to accompany its display of the letters of Tom and Alex Spence, who fought with the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles and the 1st Arkansas Infantry CSA, respectively. (See item 10.) Contains also illustrations of several Confederate flags and other artifacts in the Old State House collection, with an accompanying text to illustrate the service of the Spence brothers. $12.00.
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32) Shea, William L. WAR IN THE WEST: PEA RIDGE AND PRAIRIE GROVE. Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press, 1996. Illus, maps, bib, ind, paperback, 124pp. $12.95.

33) Shea, William L. and Earl J. Hess. PEA RIDGE: CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Pr, 1992. Illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, hardcover in dj, 417pp. $37.50.

34) Shea, William L. and Earl J. Hess. PEA RIDGE: CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST. Paperback edition. $22.50.

35) Simons, Don R. IN THEIR WORDS: A CHRONOLOGY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN CHICOT COUNTY, ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Sulphur, LA: Wise Publications, 2000. Illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, paperback, 202pp. $20.00. Read review

36) [27th Arkansas Infantry CSA] Turnbo, Silas Claborn. HISTORY OF THE 27TH ARKANSAS CONFEDERATE INFANTRY. ed Desmond Walls Allen. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1988. Illus, ind, 8 1/2 x 11" paperback, 277pp. $28.00.

37) Turnbo, Silas Claborn. TURNBO’S TALES OF THE OZARKS: WAR AND GUERRILLA STORIES. ed Desmond Walls Allen. Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1989. Ind, 8 1/2 x 11" paperback, 157pp. $18.00.

38 Willis, James. ARKANSAS CONFEDERATES IN THE WESTERN THEATER. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1998. Illus, maps, notes, bib, ind, dj, 903pp.

“This book is the first history of Arkansas Confederates in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. As there are few secondary sources about the subject, this history is dependent upon primary sources, many of which have never been cited or published. Because the author details every campaign and battle in which Arkansas Confederates in the Western Theater participated, these fresh sources provide a new perspective on otherwise well-known events in this theater. The words of the participants and observers provide an urgency and insight into the thinking and motives of the men who fought so far from home.

To present the history of Arkansas Confederates in the Western Theater so that the account does not diffuse into a unintelligible narrative, the history of the 9th Arkansas Regiment of Volunteer Infantry is presented by the author as the unifying strand in Volume One of this saga. The 9th crossed the Mississippi in August of 1861, remaining and fighting in the Western Theater from Shiloh to Bentonville. Having at one time over 1,300 men, this regiment surrendered in North Carolina with only thirty-two still standing.

During the course of its history, the 9th Arkansas joined with four other Arkansas Regiments to form an all-Arkansas brigade under the command of Arkansas’ Brig. Gen. Daniel Harris Reynolds. This Arkansas Brigade is the unifying strand for the narrative in Volume Two. Tracing the history of the 9th regiment and Reynolds’ brigade forms a chronicle that allows this history to introduce and observe the dozens of other Arkansas Confederate units fighting in the Western Theater.” $39.95.

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