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The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Colbert Raid and the Battle of Fort Carlos, was an unsuccessful British attempt to capture Fort Carlos III and the Franco-Spanish village of Arkansas Post, Louisiana (present-day U.S. state of Arkansas) in the American Revolutionary War.
The Arkansas Post (French: Poste de Arkansea; Spanish: Puesto de Arkansas), formally the Arkansas Post National Memorial, was the first European settlement in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 1686, Henri de Tonti established it on behalf of Louis XIV of France for the purpose of trading with the Quapaw ...
Battle of Arkansas Post may refer to the following battles that took place at Arkansas Post: Battle of Arkansas Post (1783), during the American Revolutionary War; Battle of Arkansas Post (1863), during the American Civil War
Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) B. Battle of Arkansas Post (1783) F. Fort Carlos III; M. Menard–Hodges site
Fort Carlos III was a Spanish fort located at the Écores Rouges, Luisiana, within the present-day Arkansas Post National Memorial.Named for King Carlos III, it was located on the left bank of the Arkansas, about 29 miles from the mouth.
14–18 April 1783: Bahamas: British victory Battle of Arkansas Post: 17 April 1783: Louisiana (present-day Arkansas) Spanish Victory See also. Modern history portal;
Battle of Arkansas Post James Logan Colbert ( c. 1720 – 7 January 1784) was a Scottish trader and army officer who lived much of his life among the Chickasaw . He served as an officer of the British Army who commanded an independent company in the Western Theater of the American Revolutionary War .
A small detachment of the Fixed Infantry Regiment of Louisiana lived inside the fort, tasked with protecting the village of Arkansas Post nearby. On April 17, 1783, present-day Arkansas experienced its only battle of the American Revolutionary War when Captain James Colbert of the 16th Regiment of Foot led a force of British partisans and ...