Friday, October 4, 2013

October 5, 1863---The Battle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas



OCTOBER 5, 1863:    

The Battle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Confederate troops numbering 2,000 try to take the Union-garrisoned town of Pine Bluff, and are repulsed by 1,000 Federals, a large number of whom are emancipated slaves.