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The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place during the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas. [4] Federal forces, led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis , moved south from central Missouri , driving Confederate forces into northwestern Arkansas .
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MG Sterling Price (w) At the beginning of 1862, Price commanded about 8,000 soldiers. About half of these soldiers were organized as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Missouri Brigades while the rest remained in seven Missouri State Guard "Divisions" that were hardly larger than regiments.
Elkhorn Tavern is a two-story, wood-frame structure that served as a physical center for the American Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, which was fought on March 7 and March 8, 1862, approximately five miles east of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, located in the northeastern Benton County, Arkansas.
Aug. 9—The victory at Pea Ridge National Military Park is complete. Last week, the Conservation Fund donated the 140-acre Green Homestead in Benton County, Arkansas, to the National Park Service ...
3rd and 4th Divisions: Independent [5]; Division Brigade Unit Commander Killed Wounded Missing Casualties Third Division Col Jefferson C. Davis: First Brigade Col Thomas Pattison
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At the Battle of Pea Ridge, he commanded a brigade in the division of Ben McCulloch, who was killed by Union infantry fire. Shortly after assuming division command, McIntosh was leading an advance when he was struck and killed by a bullet, less than fifteen minutes after McCulloch's death.