Notable Arkansas People

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Notable Arkansas People

• Connected to the Civil War
• In Arkansas

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The Civil War in Arkansas

• The controversies over the rights of states and
  the issue of slavery erupted into the Civil War
  in 1861
• Abraham Lincoln was elected president in late
  1860
• He favored keeping the Union together at all
  costs
• He was against slavery
• Things were in a big mess!!!!!

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What people were important or notable in Civil
War Arkansas?

• The focus will be on seven men who impacted
  Arkansas history during the Civil War
• Identify which ones were pro-Confederacy
• Identify which ones were pro-Union
• Why was each man important or notable when
  referring to the Civil War in Arkansas?

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How did James Blunt affect Arkansas during the
Civil War?

• James Blunt was born in Maine
• His first job was as a sailor
• He next became the captain of a ship
• Later Blunt became a doctor
• He moved to Kansas and was involved in the
  anti-slavery movement

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James Blunt

• Blunt was given the rank of general during the
  Civil War
• -his troops were also composed of Cherokee,
  Creek and Seminole native Americans

• He participated in the following battles in
  Arkansas Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Devils
  Backbone, Boston Mountains and Van Buren.
• -at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Blunts
  troops arrived just in time to save the day for
  his side

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James Blunt

• So, on which side was Blunt? Confederate or
  Union?
• After the war James Blunt returned to Kansas,
  practiced medicine and became an attorney. He
  was a very busy man!
• Did you know which side he was on? You cant say
  in the middle!!!!

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David O. Dodd

• David Owen Dodd was born in Texas but later moved
  to Arkansas with his family
• He has been called the boy martyrof the
  Confederacy because he was executed as a spy when
  he was seventeen.
• A martyr is someone who dies for their beliefs

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David O. Dodd

• David was arrested as a Confederate spy when he
  was discovered carrying military information
  about Union troops (it was written in Morse
  Code!)
• He was tried and found guilty of spying for the
  Confederacy
• Dodd was hung at Little Rock, January, 1864
• He is buried in Mt. Holly Cemetery located in
  Little Rock

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This elementary school was named for David O. Dodd
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Harris Flanagin

• Harris Flanagin was elected the 7th governor of
  Arkansas amid the Civil War
• After Little Rock was taken by Union troops he
  moved the Confederate Arkansas capital to the
  town of Washington in Hempstead County
• He is the only governor to govern in exile! (or
  was it the X file???)

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Flanagin

• Before the Civil War, Flanagin was a teacher and
  then an attorney
• He was elected to the Arkansas Secession
  Convention in 1861
• He called himself a reluctant secessionist

• Flanagin participated in the following battles in
  Arkansas Wilsons Creek and Pea Ridge
• On what side was Flanagin? Confederate or Union?
  (how can you tell????)

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Thomas Hindman

• Lawyer, soldier and U.S. Congressman-- Thomas
  Hindman was all three things before the Civil War
• Hindman supported slavery and states rights

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Thomas Hindman

• He became the military commander of the area west
  of the Mississippi River

• At the Battle of Prairie Grove, Hindman was the
  leader of Confederate troops

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Thomas Hindman

• The Battle of Prairie Grove was officially a draw
  or tie between the Confederates and the Union
  troops but the Union troops took control of the
  area as a result
• General Hindman was killed in Helena in 1868 by
  an unknown assailant. The murder was never
  solved (talk about a COLD case!)

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Isaac Murphy

• Isaac Murphy was the Eighth governor of Arkansas
• He was elected during the Civil War after the
  Union troops took over the capital city of Little
  Rock
• He had been a teacher and a lawyer

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Isaac Murphy

• Why was Murphy elected governor at this time?
• He was against slavery
• He was the only delegate to the Arkansas
  Convention that voted against secession! (now
  that takes some nerve!
• He had political experience

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Murphy

• As governor, Murphy was generous in his treatment
  of former Confederates
• He was a great advocate or supporter of education
  while governor (dont you appreciate him??!!!)

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Albert Pike

• Albert Pike may have had a lot of hair, but he
  also had a large brain!
• Pike was a teacher, poet, writer, newspaper
  editor, politician, lawyer, soldier, soldier,
  Indian Commissioner and a Mason! (that was a
  mouthful!)

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Albert Pike

• Since he had experience working with the Native
  Americans and knew many of their dialects, Pike
  was appointed Confederate general in the Indian
  Territory
• Albert Pike was pro-slavery and states rights
• Pike led the Native Americans he recruited at the
  Battle of Pea Ridge. Controversy surrounded some
  methods used by his troops.
• He resigned his commission and became a private
  citizen for the remainder of the war

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Pike

• Pike became very important in the Freemasons
• He is the only Confederate general with a statue
  in Washington, D.C.
• It was erected in his honor by the Freemasons

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Earl Van Dorn
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Earl Van Dorn

• An Indian fighter and Mexican war veteran is the
  description of professional soldier, Earl Van
  Dorn!
• When the Civil War began, he joined the
  Confederate army
• He was given the rank of general

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Van Dorn

• Van Dorn was in charge of the Confederate troops
  at the Battle of Pea Ridge
• Confederates lost this battle
• After the battle he was transferred to
  Mississippi. He took the majority of his troops
  with him. This left the state of Arkansas
  virtually defenseless! (Arkansans were NOT happy)

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Van Dorn

• Van Dorn was killed

• By a jealous husband

• In May, 1863

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Review! Match the description with the picture!

• I was governor of Arkansas during the Civil War.
  In fact I am the only Arkansas governor that led
  the state in exile!

Albert Pike
Harris Flanagin
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Review- Match the person with the description

• A professional soldier, I led Confederate troops
  at the Battle of Pea Ridge. My side lost!

Albert Pike
Earl Van Dorn
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Review

• I was governor of Arkansas during the Civil War.
  I did not believe in slavery and I voted against
  secession from the United States

Isaac Murphy
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Harris Flanagin
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Review

• I was a supporter of slavery and states rights.
• Before the Civil War I served in the U.S.
  Congress
• I led the Confederate troops at the Battle
• of Prairie Grove

Thomas Hindman
James Blunt
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Review

• I was 17 when I was executed for being a
  Confederate spy. My burial location is Mt. Holly
  Cemetery in Little Rock

Albert Pike
David O. Dodd
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Review

• I was a ships captain, a doctor, lawyer and very
  much against slavery. My troops won battles in
  Arkansas. We were heroes at the Battle of
  Prairie Grove!

Isaac Murphy
James Blunt
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And one more to review!

• I recruited and led Native American troops for
  the Confederacy
• My troops fought at the Battle of Prairie Grove
• There is a statue of me Washington, D.C.

Albert Pike
Thomas Hindman
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And more!

• This ends the Civil War figures associated with
  the Arkansas frameworks.
• Continue to see two other notable people of the
  Civil War in Arkansas!

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Stand Watie (1806-1871)

• A controversial leader of the Cherokee Nation,
  Watie was commissioned as a colonel in the
  Confederate army in 1861.
• Watie was responsible for signing the
  document that led to the Trail of Tears for his
  people.

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Stand Watie

• Watie took part in the Battle of Pea Ridge with
  Major General Earl Van Dorn. In fact, his troops
  allowed the Confederates to withdraw after
  loosing the battle!
• An interesting note is that Stand Watie was the
  only Native American to rise to the rank of
  brigadier general in the Civil War. He was also
  the last Confederate general in the field to
  surrender.

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Susan Cook (1842-1912)

• Susan Cook was the daughter of a plantation owner
  in Phillips County, Arkansas. She was nineteen
  when the war began.

• Susan kept a dairy during the Civil War. It
  tells us what she and people of Arkansas and the
  Confederacy were thinking during the Civil War.

No image is available of Susan Cook
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Why is her diary important?

• Her diary is a primary source
• Primary sources or documents give firsthand
  information or one could say from the horses
  mouth!
• At first Miss Cook was optimistic about the
  Confederacy winning the war but as the war
  progressed she saw that the Confederacy could not
  win.

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Thats it!

• These were notable people of the Civil War in
  Arkansas!!!