LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has added nine new podcasts about the state’s Civil War history to its website, including one about the Battle of Pine Bluff, ACWSC Chairman Tom Dupree has announced.
The new podcasts were created in cooperation with the School of Mass Communication at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The new offerings include:
• Mark K. Christ of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission on the Oct. 25, 1863, Battle of Pine Bluff
• Archie Moore of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission on the unique issues facing soldiers in the United States Colored Troops
• Jodi Morris of Central High School National Historic Site on slavery and slave resistance in Arkansas
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
• Buck T. Foster, visiting assistant professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas, on guerrilla warfare in western Arkansas and the plight of civilians in Civil War Fort Smith
• William Stevens of the C.S.S. Pontchartrain Project on the June 17, 1862, battle of St. Charles
• Josh Williams of Historic Washington State Park on the beginnings of the Civil War in Washington, Ark.
• Sonny Rhodes of the UALR School of Mass Communications on media coverage of the 1864 battle of Poison Spring
• Brian Robertson of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies on the experiences of the Second Arkansas Cavalry (U.S.)
The podcasts can be accessed at www.arkansascivilwar150.com/research-education/podcasts
Details: visit www.arkansascivilwar150.com or e-mail acwsc@arkansasheritage.org
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is housed within the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.