Documenting Arkansas: The Civil War 1861-1865, is a 138-page full color softcover book which contains over 200 documents from eighty different collections at the History Commission. During its 107 year existence the State Archives has actively collected materials from this crucial era in our nation and our state. Diaries written by soldiers and citizens; letters to mothers, fathers, wives, sweethearts, brothers, and sisters; military orders, newspaper accounts, photographs, broadsides, and even party invitations recount the day-to-day lives of people caught up in the most significant event in nineteenth century America. This volume uses these primary source materials to tell the story of the Civil War from an Arkansas perspective. The variety of items represents the breadth of the Commission’s Civil War resources, while thousands more documents are available to researchers. The limited narrative accompanying the material provides just enough context to allow the documents to speak for themselves.
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