Battle of Fort Hindman
Marmora participated in the attack on Fort Hindman, Arkansas, 4 to 11 January 1863, when it was taken; the post was 80 miles above the mouth of the Arkansas River and was consequently important in Union efforts to control the flow of supplies from the west across the Mississippi River at Vicksburg and to southern armies in the east.
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