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== Forts == | == Forts == | ||
[[Image:800px-Battle of Fort Hindman.png|thumb|right|280x200px|<center>Battle of Fort Hindman</center>]] | [[Image:800px-Battle of Fort Hindman.png|thumb|right|280x200px|<center>Battle of Fort Hindman</center>]] | ||
*[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3 Arkansas Post] -- Established by the French | *[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3 Arkansas Post] -- Established by the French in 1686. In 1768 the post was transferred to Spain and the name was changed to Fort San Carlos. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Hindman Fort Hindman]--Established by the Confederacy; taken by the Union army January 11, 1863. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Hindman Fort Hindman]--Established by the Confederacy; taken by the Union army January 11, 1863. | ||
*[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5807 Fort Logan H. Roots]--First garrisoned in 1896. | *[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5807 Fort Logan H. Roots]--First garrisoned in 1896. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building_of_the_Little_Rock_Arsenal Little Rock Barracks ]-- Textual records of this post, 1864-1890, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in {{FHL|975545|title-id|disp=Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920}}. (Family History Library book | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building_of_the_Little_Rock_Arsenal Little Rock Barracks ]-- Textual records of this post, 1864-1890, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in {{FHL|975545|title-id|disp=Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920}}. (Family History Library book {{FHL|975545|title-id|disp=973 M23}}) under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). | ||
*Fort Minor-- Civil War Fort | *Fort Minor-- Civil War Fort | ||
*Fort Pinney--Civil War Fort | *Fort Pinney--Civil War Fort | ||
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:*{{RecordSearch|1979390|United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Index to Mexican War Pension Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection.]]<br> | :*{{RecordSearch|1979390|United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Index to Mexican War Pension Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection.]]<br> | ||
*Robarts, William Hugh. ''Mexican War Veterans | *Robarts, William Hugh. ''Mexican War Veterans : A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848…'' Washington, D.C. : Brentano’s, 1887. {{FHL|1854496|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2rwh}} Digital version available at [http://archive.org/details/mexicanwarvetera00roba Internet Archive].<br> | ||
Click on these links to learn more about the [[Mexican War, 1846 to 1848|Mexican War]] and about [[US Mexican War Pension Records|Mexican War pension records]]. | Click on these links to learn more about the [[Mexican War, 1846 to 1848|Mexican War]] and about [[US Mexican War Pension Records|Mexican War pension records]]. | ||
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