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Pea Ridge Battle Fought March 7 1862 in Arkansas
The Pea Ridge engagement pitted Federal forces under Curtis against Van Dorn’s Confederate army near Sugar Creek and Elkhorn tavern. In a three day fight with heavy casualties, Gen McCulloch and Gen McIntosh fell, and Union troops under Osterhaus, Davis, Carr and Sigel repelled the assault. The battle ended with no clear winner but halted major fighting in the region.
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Pea Ridge
Mississippi
Arkansas
Confederacy
United States
Albert Pike
Indian Territory
Choe
Lossing
America
John Ross
Pike
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Tahlequah
Ross
Sterling Price
Missouri
Price
Allen
Missouri Valley
The
Mexico
Springfield
McClellan
Fremont
Department of the Missouri
Halleck
St. Louis
Samuel R. Curtis
Curtis
Ohio
West Point
Iowa
Col. Wright
Cross Hollows
Mud Town
Boston Mountains
Ozark Range
Earl van Dorn
Trans-Mississippi Department
van Dorn
Ben McCulloch
Virginia
Farl van Dorn
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Bentonville
Tayetteville
Sugar Creek
Elkhorn
Franz Sigel
Sigel
United States Pension
New York
Elkhorn Tavern
McCullough
McIntosh
Cross Timber Hollow
Asboth
Davis
Carr
Alexander Asboth
Osterhaus
Chicago
Gen. Davis
Eighteenth Indiana
McCulloch
Col. Carr
Kansas
Kellsville