Friday, April 16, 2010

Battle of Ft. Carlos

On this day in 1783,

British Captain James Colbert, along with a group of 82 partisans, launches a surprise attack on a post located on the banks of the Arkansas River. The only Revolutionary War action to take place in Arkansas was The Battle of Ft. Carlos.

And in 1790,

Benjamin Franklin dies.
More Colonial Battles

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