Pea Ridge
by William L. Shea; Earl J. HessFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2011-06-08
Publisher(s): The University of North Carolina Press
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Summary
The 1862 battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas was one of the largest Civil War engagements fought on the western frontier, and it dramatically altered the balance of power in the Trans-Mississippi. This study of the battle is based on research in archives from Connecticut to California and includes a pioneering study of the terrain of the sprawling battlefield, as well as an examination of soldiers' personal experiences, the use of Native American troops, and the role of Pea Ridge in regional folklore.
Table of Contents
| Contents | |
| Preface | |
| Winter Campaign | |
| Price's Running Stand | |
| The Hunter and the Hunted | |
| Rush to Glory | |
| Death of a Texan | |
| Battle in the Brush | |
| A Battle Half Won | |
| Clash in Cross Timber Hollow | |
| Perseverance beside a Tavern | |
| High Tide at Elkhorn | |
| Soften the Heart | |
| Thunder in the Ozarks | |
| Victory and Defeat | |
| The Vulture and the Wolf | |
| Marching through Arkansas Conclusion. A Military Analysis of Pea Ridge Appendix | |
| The Legacy of Pea Ridge Appendix | |
| Order of Battle | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Maps | |
| Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas | |
| Springfield to Little Sugar Creek | |
| Northwestern Arkansas | |
| Bentonville: McIntosh Attempts to Intercept Sigel | |
| Pea Ridge: Midday, March 7 | |
| Leetown: Osterhaus Engages McCulloch on Foster's Farm | |
| Leetown: McCulloch and McIntosh Are Killed | |
| Leetown: Hébert Advances against Davis | |
| Leetown: Hébert Breaches the Federal Line | |
| Leetown: The Federals Counterattack and the Confederates Withdraw | |
| Elkhorn Tavern: Van Dorn and Carr Deploy | |
| Elkhorn Tavern: Vandever Attacks Slack | |
| Elkhorn Tavern: Carr Shortens His Line as Van Dorn Prepares to Attack | |
| Elkhorn Tavern: Van Dorn Attacks and Carr Falls Back across Ruddick's Field | |
| Pea Ridge: Night of March 7-8 | |
| Elkhorn Tavern: 9:00 A.M., March 8 | |
| Elkhorn Tavern: 10:00 A.M., March 8 | |
| March of the Army of the Southwest, February-July 1862 | |
| Illustrations Samuel Ryan Curtis Franz Sigel Sterling | |
| Price Benjamin McCulloch Earl Van Dorn Albert Pike Elkhorn | |
| aTvern Telegraph Road Alexander Asboth | |
| The northern bluff of Little Sugar Creek, from Telegraph | |
| Road near the site of Trott's store Remains of trenches the Federals constructed atop the northern bluff of Little Sugar | |
| Creek Grenville M. Dodge | |
| Foster's farm, looking northeast from the approximate location of Elbert's battery | |
| Nicholas Greusel Louis Héebert | |
| Morgan's woods, east of Leetown Road Julius | |
| White Oberson's field, looking northwest from the site of Davidson's battery | |
| Tanyard Ravine, looking northward down the slope that forms the head of this ravine | |
| Huntsville Road, looking west toward | |
| Elkhorn Tavern, with the head of Tanyard Ravine to its rear and the eastern extremity of Big | |
| Mountain in the background Hunt Wilson's painting of Guibor's battery in action against | |
| Carr's beleaguered Federals on the evening of March 7 | |
| Artillery pieces mark the location of Guibor's battery in front of Elkhorn Tavern on the evening of March 7 | |
| Clemon's field, looking east from Dodge's position Hunt Wilson's painting of Pratt's store on the morning of March 8 | |
| An Artillery piece marking the location of Welfley's battery atop Welfley's Knoll | |
| Welfley's Knoll, looking west from Telegraph Road across Ruddick's field Hunt Wilson's painting of the Confederate army just before it began to retreat from the battlefield on March 8 | |
| Sandstone columns on the west face of the rocky promontory on Big Mountain | |
| The battlefield of March 8, looking south from the rocky promontory on Big Mountain | |
| The battlefield of March 8, looking southwest from the rocky promontory on Big Mountain | |
| The battlefield of March 8, looking west from the rocky promontory on Big Mountain | |
| Cyrus Bussey Frederick Steele "Pioneers from Carr's Division, May 21, 1862," | |
| "Elkhorn Tavern, Battle Ground of Pea Ridge, Ark.," | |
| The 37th Illinois battling Hébert's brigade in Morgan's woods, March 7, 1862 | |
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