Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for April 12, 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.
In 1861, the opening shots at Fort Sumter pushed Arkansas sharply toward secession, a turning point noted in statewide Civil War timelines and in the story of Governor Isaac Murphy’s lonely Unionism.
In 1864, during the Camden Expedition, Union forces under Frederick Steele moved off Prairie D’Ane toward Camden…