With fire and sword: Arkansas, 1861-1874

Prelude to war : Arkansas at midcentury

"I have come to drive out the invaders" : the war in 1861-62

"The very spirit of destruction" : the war in 1863

"What is to become of us?" : the war in 1864-65

"Liberty and justice must eventually prevail" : the beginning of Reconstruction, 1865-68

"Good healthy square, honest killing" : the militia war, 1868-69

"A harnessed revolution" : the end of Reconstruction, 1869-75.