man named isaac murphy from north arkansas refused to vote in favor of secession. the chairman of the convention asked to change his vote and murphy refused to do so after with a woman named martha who was in the balcony through a bouquet of flowers in recognition of his principles stand. this was the confederate capital until little rock was taken in 1863 and after that this was the seat of unionist government for arkansas at which time isaac murphy became the governor. >> tell us about this book. what is different about the arkansas experience in the civil war compared to the story most people know about south carolina, georgia and virginia? >> arkansas first and foremost is a frontier state. when you left arkansas you were in a foreign country in some cases moving into indian territory. we had a relatively small population at the start of the war. 25% of which was enslaved. when the war started the folks on the east side of the river for the confederacy saw arkansas as a source of manpower more than anything else. the confederacy did attempt to use arkansas as a