In early 1862 General Samuel Curtis began a march on Confederate Arkansas. With ten thousand he drove Sterling Price’s eight thousand out of Missouri; but he then had to face a much larger combined army under Earl Van Dorn. General Van Dorn arrived on March 2nd and immediately went on the offensive. The resulting clash at Pea Ridge would shape the situation in Missouri and Arkansas for the rest of the war.
Episode 78: The Clash at Pea Ridge
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Episode 78: The Clash at Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern; March 7-8, 1862
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Episode 78: The Clash at Pea Ridge