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Submitted: 7/27/12 • Approved: 7/28/12 • Last Updated: 8/1/12 • R733462-G0-S3
Hick's Station In The Civil War
Hick's Station, located on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad between DeValle Bluff and Huntersville, (North Little Rock), guarded the eastern approaches to the capital city. During the Little Rock Campaign. Confederate cavalry used it as a staging area before the August 25, 1863, battle at Brownsville. Union forces set up a field hospital there after the fights at Brownsville and at Reed's Bridge on August 27. Union forces established a permanent presence there, and the Third Michigan Cavalry garrisoned the station, guarding the railroad from Confederate States Army raiders.
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Contributed on 7/27/12 by tootied
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