Confederate forces under Earl Van Dorn attempted to take the war into the Border States in 1862. Those forces were met by Union soldiers led by Samuel Ryan Curtis in a series of encounters on Pea Ridge in the hills of extreme northwest Arkansas.
Union resistance, especially in the fighting at Elkhorn Tavern, was responsible for keeping the war from spreading into Missouri. The Confederates would not make another effort in this region until 1864.
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The Battle of Pea Ridge
U S A History WARS - Civil War - The Battle of Pea Ridge 1862 The Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, was fought. A Confederate army of 16,000 under General Earl Van Dorn attacked a Union army of 10,500 under Brig. General Samuel Ryan Curtis, Pea Ridge 1862 The Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, was fought. A Confederate army of 16,000 under General Earl Van Dorn attacked a Union army of 10,500 under Brig. General Samuel Ryan Curtis, Pea Ridge, Arkansas, was fought. A Confederate army of 16,000 under General Earl Van Dorn attacked a Union army of 10,500 under Brig. General Samuel Ryan Curtis, whose ...
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Arkansas Civil War Battle Pea Ridge Elkhorn Tavern
... Arkansas March 7, 1862 Pea Ridge Arkansas March 8, 1862 Civil War Battle Map Pea Ridge Arkansas Click for full size Map This is the War Between the States from the viewpoint of a mother, son, and daughter trying to survive as Yankees ovPea Ridge Arkansas March 8, 1862 Civil War Battle Map Pea Ridge Arkansas Click for full size Map This is the War Between the States from the viewpoint of a mother, son, and daughter trying to survive as Yankees ovPea Ridge Arkansas Click for full size Map This is the War Between the States from the viewpoint of a mother, son, and daughter trying to survive as Yankees overrun ...
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Battle of Pea Ridge by Albert Castel
... This view is presented by Sigel, “Pea Ridge Campaign,” 331; Walter Lee Brown, “Pea Ridge, Gettysburg of the West,” Arkansas Historical Quarterly, XV (Spring, 1956), 15-16; Edward Conrad Smith, The Borderland in the Civil War (New York,Pea Ridge Campaign,” 331; Walter Lee Brown, “Pea Ridge, Gettysburg of the West,” Arkansas Historical Quarterly, XV (Spring, 1956), 15-16; Edward Conrad Smith, The Borderland in the Civil War (New York,Pea Ridge, Gettysburg of the West,” Arkansas Historical Quarterly, XV (Spring, 1956), 15-16; Edward Conrad Smith, The Borderland in the Civil War (New York, 1927 ...
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