- Battle of Pea Ridge - Wikipedia
The battlefield at Pea Ridge is now Pea Ridge National Military Park, founded in 1956, one of the best-preserved civil war battlefields A reconstruction of Elkhorn Tavern, scene of the heaviest fighting, stands at the original location
- Pea Ridge Battle Facts and Summary - American Battlefield Trust
The Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge was fought on March 7-8, 1862 near Elkhorn Tavern, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas Union forces, led by Brig Gen Samuel R Curtis, moved south from central Missouri, driving Confederate forces into northwestern Arkansas
- Battle of Pea Ridge | Confederate, Union, Arkansas | Britannica
Battle of Pea Ridge, (March 7–8, 1862), bitterly fought American Civil War clash in Arkansas, during which 11,000 Union troops under General Samuel Curtis defeated 16,000 attacking Confederate troops led by Generals Earl Van Dorn, Sterling Price, and Ben McCulloch
- Battle of Pea Ridge, 1862, Civil War - American History Central
Fought from March 6 - 8, 1862, the Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, was the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War
- Battle of Pea Ridge - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Pea Ridge changed the strategic outlook of the Civil War in the trans-Mississippi west Van Dorn was so demoralized that he took the Army of the West to the east bank of the Mississippi, leaving Arkansas defenseless This, combined with the Union victory at Pea Ridge, secured Missouri for the Union
- Pea Ridge National Military Park (U. S. National Park Service)
The Battle That Saved Missouri for The Union On March 7-8, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers fought here to decide the fate of Missouri which was a turning point of the war in the Trans-Mississippi This 4,400-acre battlefield honors those who fought and died on these hallowed grounds
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Pea Ridge permanently altered the strategic situation in Missouri and Arkansas The battle forced Confederate commanders to seriously question their ability to hold the Trans-Mississippi, a reality that had already been greatly compromised in February by a relatively unknown Union general
- Battle of Pea Ridge
Recognizing that his ammunition was dwindling, Van Dorn ordered a retreat The Battle of Pea Ridge concluded with a Union victory, and most of the troops from both sides subsequently moved east of the Mississippi to engage in other campaigns
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