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=== Civil War and the Gilded Age === {{see also|Battle of St. Charles}} [[File:Battle of Saint Charles.jpg|thumb|The ''Battle at St. Charles, White River, Arkansas—Explosion of the "Mound City"'' by Alexander Simplot]] St. Charles is the site of the most deadly single shot of the [[American Civil War]]. On June 17, 1862, at the Battle of Saint Charles, eight Federal vessels including the ironclad gunboat [[USS Mound City|USS ''Mound City'']] attempted to pass [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] shore guns here, on the banks of the White River. A single shot from a Confederate cannon entered the ''Mound City'' and penetrated her [[steam drum]]. The resulting explosion and release of scalding steam killed most of her crew, approximately 129 men.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=532 |title=Engagement at St. Charles |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |publisher=Central Arkansas Library System |accessdate=May 1, 2013 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314044645/http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=532 |url-status=live }}</ref> St. Charles suffered like other southern communities after the Civil War. The town’s incorporation was in 1880. Until railroads came, it was an important port. Most commerce of inland communities passed through the town, until rails reached DeWitt (Arkansas County), after which St. Charles began declining. For many years, its economy depended on timber, fishing, hunting, trapping, mussels for the button industry, and crops. A school district opened in 1891, with the first commencement exercise in Arkansas County occurring in 1892.
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