Editing Mountain Home, Arkansas (section)

=== Civil War ===

Mountain Home men participated in the war on the confederate side. No major battles were fought in Mountain Home, but because of its proximity to [[Missouri]], members of the union army would often raid the area for supplies and both sides participated in [[guerilla warfare]].<ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas.net">{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mountain-home-826/|title = Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref> During this time, the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy was closed. In October 1862, the 14th regiment of the [[Missouri State Militia (Union)|Missouri State Militia]] was ordered to advance to [[Yellville, Arkansas]] a town not far away, to attack confederate troops stationed there and to take any supplies they could along the way. When they heard that a larger force of confederate soldiers were also heading for Yellville, and facing the rising waters of the [[White River (Arkansas-Missouri)|White River]], they decided to content themselves with stealing approximately 50 horses and other supplies<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/2014/05/12/a-look-back-raid-on-mountain-home-leads-to-civil-war-showdown/8984615/|title=A Look Back: Raid on Mountain Home leads to Civil War showdown}}</ref> from local settlers in the Mountain Home area and then retreat. The rear guard was cut off by a battalion of confederate soldiers and a skirmish ensued where the [[Union Army]] lost no soldiers and the [[Confederate Army]] lost approximately 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/skirmish-at-mountain-home-6671/|title = Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>

In April 1864, Mountain Home was again involved with Civil war violence when a group of [[jayhawkers]] attacked the town. Much of the town was damaged or destroyed, including the Mountain Home Male and Female Academy.<ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas.net" />