After concentrating his army that night, Curtis drove off the remainder of Van Dorn's men on 8 March. Eugene Carr's Federal division in the bloodiest fighting of the battle, but Carr held firm. Near a hostelry called Elkhorn Tavern, Price's division almost crushed Col. Curtis changed the front of his entire army from south to north.įierce fighting occurred on two separate battlefields: McCulloch's division was crushed near Leetown village McCulloch and his immediate subordinate were killed, nearly destroying the chain of command. On 7 March, Van Dorn completely outflanked Curtis's army and attacked in two columns, cutting the Federal line of communications. Limited fighting occurred on 6 March as Confederate units harassed a Union detachment marching from Bentonville to join Curtis at Pea Ridge. With 16,500 men, Van Dorn attacked Curtis's 10,250 men. Earl Van Dorn, the entire Confederate force was designated the Army of the West. Benjamin McCulloch's division and placed under the command of Maj. Sterling Price's Missouri State Guardsmen from southwestern Missouri into northwestern Arkansas in February 1862. Curtis's Army of the Southwest drove Maj. Pea Ridge, Battle of (1862).The Battle of Pea Ridge, 6–8 March 1862, resulted from a Union army campaign to clear Missouri of Confederate forces during the Civil War and to begin a major offensive down the Mississippi River valley.
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