Item description: Civil War era postcard, 6 May 1861, depicting Arkansas as a powerful force, tethered to the banner of states’ rights, ready to add to the ranks of seceded states.
Item citation: From the Civil War Pictorial Envelopes, 1861-1865 #3409-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
We have corrected the spelling of the possessive form of Arkansas in this post’s title (from Arkansas’ to Arkansas’s). For more information, please see: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7648711