As a result of Union and Confederate casualties during the Battle of Gettysburg, both armies could no longer wage war effectively.
Lee's army was weakened for the rest of the war.
the Confederate army decided to surrender.
the Union army decided to surrender.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.