Confederate Recruitment, Organization, Arms, Supply in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1862

This particular exhibit will focus on the Confederate Recruitment, Organization, Arms, and Supply in the Trans-Mississippi West. Readers will discover how Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman was able to recruit men into the army and how he organized them into many different regiments, once the soldiers were enrolled. This exhibit will also touch on the many different weapons and artillery the Confederate side used during the battle of Prairie Grove and how the Confederates were able to establish supply lines in the Trans-Mississippi West.