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May 2026
“Arkansas Volunteers: the ‘Casual’ Soldiers and Regular Infantry at Fort Gibson”
On Saturdays, May 2, 9, and 16, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m., the Fort Gibson Historic Site staff will host a come-and-go living history program to discuss the different types of soldiers who served at the military outpost. With the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, the regular enlisted soldiers at Fort Gibson were ordered to depart and march to Mexico, leaving the fort manned by a new group of Arkansans: Arkansas volunteers. Seth Goff…
Find out more »“Arkansas Volunteers: the ‘Casual’ Soldiers and Regular Infantry at Fort Gibson”
On Saturdays, May 2, 9, and 16, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m., the Fort Gibson Historic Site staff will host a come-and-go living history program to discuss the different types of soldiers who served at the military outpost. With the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, the regular enlisted soldiers at Fort Gibson were ordered to depart and march to Mexico, leaving the fort manned by a new group of Arkansans: Arkansas volunteers. Seth Goff…
Find out more »“Arkansas Volunteers: the ‘Casual’ Soldiers and Regular Infantry at Fort Gibson”
On Saturdays, May 2, 9, and 16, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m., the Fort Gibson Historic Site staff will host a come-and-go living history program to discuss the different types of soldiers who served at the military outpost. With the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, the regular enlisted soldiers at Fort Gibson were ordered to depart and march to Mexico, leaving the fort manned by a new group of Arkansans: Arkansas volunteers. Seth Goff…
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