Date........................ Event................................................Number of Volunteer Militia Companies
October 16, 1859...... John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.....................1
May 18, 1860............Lincoln nominated by Republicans......................10
August 27, 1860 ........Governor Conway Publishes Militia Laws..............19
November 6, 1860..... Election Day 1860............................................31
December 20, 1860... South Carolina Secedes....................................34
February 8, 1861.......Totten Surrenders the Little Rock Arsenal............44
February 18, 1861..... Arkansas Votes to hold a secession convention.....49
March 4, 1861...........Abraham Lincoln Sworn in..................................55
April 12, 1861...........Fort Sumter bombarded.....................................69
April 23, 1861...........Militia seize Fort Smith.......................................17
May 6, 1861.............Arkansas Secedes..............................................80
July 15, 1861............ Arkansas Troops Transferred to Confederacy.........155
August 10, 1861 ........Battle of Wilson's Creek......................................167
November 23, 1861...1st Ark, 30-Day Volunteers organized...................196
January 10, 1862.......District of the Trans-Mississippi created................200