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Hindman, Fort
A Confederate fortification at Arkansas Post, Ark., on the Arkansas River, 73 miles southeast of Little Rock.
In the winter of 1862-63, General Sherman and Commodore Porter planned an attack upon the fort.
General McClernand, who had arrived and taken the chief command, accompanied the expedition from near Vicksburg.
The troops landed, about 25,000 strong, 3 miles below the fort, on Jan. 9, 1863, and were led by Generals McClernand, Sherman, Morgan, Steele, Stewart, A. J. Smith, and Osterhaus. Porter had a strong flotilla of
Plan of the attack on Fort Hindman. armored and unarmored gunboats.
The latter, moving on, shelled the Confederates out of their rifle-pits; and on the 11th the army moved against Fort Hindman.
When the gunboats opened fire upon it, Morgan's artillery covered the advance.
After a fight for about two hours, the Confederates raised a white flag, while troops, which had stormed the works, were swarming over them.
The Nationals lost 977 m
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