Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

Arkansas Democrat - Arkansas Rallies to the Call of the Civil War South Secedes and Four Years of Strife and Misery are Launched…Much Blood Spilled on State’s Soil   Separation of the North & South  The South Secedes  The Fatal Stroke  Votes Against Secession  Decision is Reversed  Arkansas Joins Confederacy  Third of Wealth in Slaves  Street Lighting Opposed  Excitement of the Sixties  War Spirits High  Half of Voters Go to War  Arkansas in Union Army  Indians in the Southern Army  Arkansas' First Battle  War Enters Arkansas  First Crop Control  Battle of Pea Ridge  Little Rock Menaced  Women Make Sacrifices  March on Little Rock  Little Rock Surrenders  Hanged on School Grounds  Arkansas Carries On  Two State Governments  Valiant Soldiers Come Home  Dark Times Ahead