In responce to the questions, yes Praire Grove was a Civil War battlefield. The battle lasted one day, and was technically a northern victory. Little historical documentation exists on the activities of the battle, mainly some diaries, etc. In cooperation with the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies and the Department of Landscape architecture at the U of A we tried to located some of the specific artillery batteries at the site, where they were located, etc. WE did this by metal detecting and shovel testing an area that, according to a GIS reconstruction of the battlefield, should have contained substantial numbers of artillery shells. Unfortunelty we were only minimally succesful. I believe the problem was the model, as constructed by CAST, failed to take into consideration relic hunting after the battle by locals, and apparent mis-information in the diaries. We are supposed to be funded for additonal work, however the monies have yet to come through. If you want some additional specific information, please email me. Jack Stewart Sponsored Research Program Arkansas Archeological Survey (501) 575-3556 [log in to unmask] ---------------Lack of spell-check is a distinct problem-------------------