Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West [NOOK Book]

Contents

Preface
1. Winter Campaign
2. Price's Running Stand
3. The Hunter and the Hunted
4. Rush to Glory
5. Death of a Texan
6. Battle in the Brush
7. A Battle Half Won
8. Clash in Cross Timber Hollow
9. Perseverance beside a Tavern
10. High Tide at Elkhorn
11. Soften the Heart
12. Thunder in the Ozarks
13. Victory and Defeat
14. The Vulture and the Wolf
15. Marching through Arkansas Conclusion. A Military Analysis of Pea Ridge Appendix 1. The Legacy of Pea Ridge Appendix 2. Order of Battle Notes Bibliography Index

Maps
1-1. Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas
2-1. Springfield to Little Sugar Creek
2-2. Northwestern Arkansas
4-1. Bentonville: McIntosh Attempts to Intercept Sigel
5-1. Pea Ridge: Midday, March 7
5-2. Leetown: Osterhaus Engages McCulloch on Foster's Farm
5-3. Leetown: McCulloch and McIntosh Are Killed
6-1. Leetown: Hébert Advances against Davis
6-2. Leetown: Hébert Breaches the Federal Line
7-1. Leetown: The Federals Counterattack and the Confederates Withdraw
8-1. Elkhorn Tavern: Van Dorn and Carr Deploy
9-1. Elkhorn Tavern: Vandever Attacks Slack
9-2. Elkhorn Tavern: Carr Shortens His Line as Van Dorn Prepares to Attack
10-1. Elkhorn Tavern: Van Dorn Attacks and Carr Falls Back across Ruddick's Field
11-1. Pea Ridge: Night of March 7-8
12-1. Elkhorn Tavern: 9:00 A.M., March 8
12-2. Elkhorn Tavern: 10:00 A.M., March 8
15-1. 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 Tavern Telegraph Road Alexander Asboth James McIntosh 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 Peter J. Osterhaus Foster's farm, looking northeast from the approximate location of Elbert's battery Nicholas Greusel Louis Héebert Jefferson C. Davis Morgan's woods, east of Leetown Road Julius White Oberson's field, looking northwest from the site of Davidson's battery Eugene A. Carr Tanyard Ravine, looking northward down the slope that forms the head of this ravine Huntsville Road, looking west toward Elkhorn Tavern Henry Little Francis J. Herron, William Vandever, and William H. Coyl 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," by Robert O. Sweeney
"Elkhorn Tavern, Battle Ground of Pea Ridge, Ark.," by Robert O. Sweeney The 37th Illinois battling Hébert's brigade in Morgan's woods, March 7, 1862