These items recently-auctioned items have a connection to Arkansas in the war --
Lot 72427 - STARR ARMS COMPANY .54 CALIBER PERCUSSION BREECH LOADING CAVALRY CARBINE SERIAL #13887. Civil War carbine which saw extensive use in the Western theater, notably by troops from Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=674&Lot_No=72427&src=pr
Lot 61087 - Four letters including one written by Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman on a printed Arkansas State Telegraph Company document, dated Little Rock, June 4, 1862, which reads in part: "Fortifications might be made at Helena in all probability that would delay the enemy for weeks...."
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=9675&Lot_No=61087&src=pr
Lot 72104 - Confederate Light Artillery (or Cavalry) Guidon - Captured at Fort Hindman.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=663&Lot_No=72104&src=pr
Lot 74200 - F. A. Packard's Personal Specimen 25¢ Sutler Token for the 94th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment. First engaged in battle at Prairie Grove AK.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=663&Lot_No=74200&src=pr
Lot 74384 - Six Autograph Letters of Lieutenant George Blodgett, Commander of U.S. Gunboat Conestoga, 1862. One letter describes naval fight near St. Charles on June 17, 1862.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=663&Lot_No=74384&src=pr
Lot 74436 - Confederate Soldier's Pocket Diary From Texas, approximately 60 pages, Private John Moore, Co. "D", 24th Texas Cavalry and Co. "B", 21st Texas Cavalry. Moore served in Arkansas and Lousiana during the war.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=663&Lot_No=74436&src=pr
Lot 87061 - Three Civil War letters and a pin of crossed Confederate and U.S. Flags, letters written by a U.S. volunteer in Arkansas.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=87061&Lot_No=91623&src=pr
Lot 25304 - Letters written by North Carolina Confederates, including a post-war letter by D.H. Hill on Arkansas Industrial University letterhead.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=642&Lot_No=25304&src=pr
Lot 25143 -- Civil War Letters and Covers, Some With Patriotic Images, including one written from Arkansas Post after its capture.
http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=635&Lot_No=25143&src=pr