Little Rock falls and Price burns its railroad equipment
September 10, 1863, Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Date
- September 10, 1863
- Where
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 83 of 174
As Frederick Steele's army crossed the Arkansas River, Sterling Price evacuated Little Rock, burning bridges, railroad equipment and the gunboat CSS Pontchartrain. The city surrendered that evening. Union troops captured five cannon and 3,000 pounds of gunpowder, and the Confederate state government moved to Washington.
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