Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for June 13, with notable births and deaths of people with Arkansas connections for this date. Information is drawn from state archives, historical societies, contemporary newspapers and other media archives, and legal records. Much of this information comes from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, an online publication. ChatGPH has collected this data.
June 13, 1863: U.S. Navy warships began operations in Chicot County that destroyed Eunice and Gaines’ Landing after Confederate guerrillas fired from the Arkansas shore.
June 13, 1866: Little Rock businessman Albert Williamson Webb and his son were brutally attacked in a case later described as one of the city’s most shocking Reconstruction-era murders…