Loyalty, Unionist v. Confederate Civilians, Guerrillas

This exhibit analyzes the role that Unionist and Confederate civilians played during the Battle of Prairie Grove. It focuses on life for innocent individuals during the battle and life after the battle with eye witness recollections. It also dives into civillian guerrillas from the North and South that aided troops in battle as well as their role of events that occured after the battle and their impact on other civilians living in the area. The fighting costed the neighboring civilians their homes, relatives, and impacted their lives for weeks following which played a key factor in their loyalty for which armies they supported. Throughout the battle, several important homes and civilian landmarks were used to guide the firefight and how far it reached. It also explains what they were used for and what occured to them to cause problems for the local land owners the nights after.