Also known as the Tebbetts House, this frame home with Greek revival design was built in 1853 by Matilda and Jonas March Tebbetts as their family home in Fayetteville. Its design was the same as the William Baxter House, which stood across Dickson Street at about the location of the present-day Washington County Courthouse. Jonas … More Headquarters House
Bishop, Albert Webb. Loyalty on the Frontier, or, Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents and adventures in rebellion on the border (R.P. Studley and Co. printers: St. Louis, 1863) While serving as provost marshall of Fayetteville during the Civil War, Albert W. Bishop wrote a book about various Union officers and soldiers … More Loyalty on the Frontier
New York HeraldNov. 6, 1862Page 1 A writer for the New York Herald traveling with General John Schofield filed this report after Fayetteville was recaptured in late 1862, a month before the Battle of Prairie Grove. INTERESTING FROM ARKANSAS. Movements of the Army of the Frontier.Success of Gen. Schofield’s Plans.Advance Upon and Capture of Fayetteville.Destruction … More Schofield Captures Fayetteville
New York TimesFeb. 28, 1862Page 1 This news brief ran in the New York Times and relates a short-lived occupation of Fayetteville by Union forces during the Civil War in early 1862. Within a couple of weeks, Union troops moved back out of Fayetteville closer to their own supply lines near the Missouri border. Less … More Curtis at Fayetteville