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Between 2011 and 2015, Arkansas commemorated the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with re-enactments, lectures, placement of historical markers, and a wide variety of other events that were collectively attended by more than 375,000 people. While the sesquicentennial commemoration highlighted the Civil War events that occurred in the state and honored the people who experienced the war in Arkansas, the question of the wars significance to modern Arkansas remained. Competing The Legacy of Arkansass Civil War collects the proceedings of the final seminar sponsored by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, which sought to define the lasting impact that the nations deadliest conflict had on the state by bringing together some of the states leading historians. In these essays, Thomas A. DeBlack explores the post-war lives of both Union and Confederate soldiers who played prominent roles in Civil War Arkansas. Cherisse Jones-Branch delves into the lives of black Arkansans during the war and Reconstruction. Jeannie Whayne discusses the many ways the Civil War affected the states economic development, while Kelly Houston Jones investigates the Civil Wars impact on A

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Author

Mark K Christ; Thomas A DeBlack; Jeannie M Whayne; Elliott West; Cherisse Jones-Branch; Mary Jane Warde; Kelly Houston Jones; Carl H Moneyhon

Publisher

Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781935106968

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

3 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14