Oblique aerial view of Fort Hindman. To protect Little Rock and southeastern Arkansas from a river attack, Confederate engineers built an earthen fort at Arkansas Post in 1862.
Oblique aerial view of Fort Hindman. To protect Little Rock and southeastern Arkansas from a river attack, Confederate engineers built an earthen fort at Arkansas Post in 1862.
A portrait of Confederate Brigadier General Thomas J. Churchill is shown to the right of the fort. Brigadier General Churchill took command of the 4,800-man garrison at Arkansas Post in December 1862.