Boynton Park

Henry Van Ness Boynton

Boynton Park

Henry Van Ness Boynton

Born West Stockbridge, Mass.

July 22, 1835

Reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduated

Woodward College, KY. Military Institute

Lieut. Col. 35th Ohio Infantry. Wounded

Battle Missionary Ridge.Brevt. Brigader-

General - Congressional Medal for Gallantry

Founder of Chickamauga Chattanooga National

Military Park - ...

Bristoe Station

The “Tigers” of Louisiana

In this creek bed, three Louisiana regiments made a stand. These men, many recruited from the wharves of New Orleans, had already established a reputation as hard fighters and were labeled “Tigers” by their comrades. Their brigade ...

Battle Bigger's Ferry 1780

Battle Bigger's Ferry 1780,

3 mi. east of this point on Catawba River between

Lord Rawdon's and Sumter's Forces. Whigs commanded by Cols. Hill and Lacey.

New Aquisition School attended by Pres. Andrew Jackson 1779 and the widow Howe's cottage where he boarded ...

More Enduring Than Marble

East Face of Monument:

More enduring than marble shall be the memory of the Confederate patriot in whose life fidelity to principle found loftiest expression.

West Face of Monument:

A tribute of love from the women of the south to the heroes of ...

Welcome to Fort Smith

Founded in 1817 by the U.S. Army to contain a volatile Indian feud, Fort Smith later served as a major supply depot for western military posts, and finally as headquarters of the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. ...

Barracks, Courthouse, Jail

The building in front of you is very much as it appeared in the 1890s. First built as military barracks, it was later converted for use as a courthouse and jail. Over time its appearance changed to accommodate different needs ...

Confederates Occupy The Fort

At the beginnings of the Civil War, “amid the firing of cannon and the cheers of the people,” a local newspaper reported, Arkansas State Militia raised the Confederate flag and took control of Fort Smith on April 23, 1861.

With the ...

Executions at Fort Smith

During the twenty-four years the federal executions took place in Fort Smith, eighty-seven men died on the gallows. While Judge Isaac C. Parker sat on the bench, 160 people, including four women, were sentenced to hang. Just over half received ...

Defending Freedom

I never saw such fighting done as was done the negro regiment…The question that negroes will fight is settled; besides they make better soldiers in every respect than any troops I have ever had under my command. ~General Blunt after ...

Fort Wall

Security has always been a concern for the U.S. military. The army designed the second Fort Smith (1838-1871) as part of line of forts from Minnesota to Louisiana to separate the territory occupied by Native American tribes from that settled ...