Qualla: Battle of Pea Ridge https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/m/p/battle-of-pea-ridge-wp/battle-pea-ridge.jpg Qualla: Battle of Pea Ridge https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge Battle of Pea Ridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Three Confederate generals died or received mortal wounds at Pea Ridge. That fact alone distinguishes this battle from nearly every other engagement of the Civil War. On a cold March morning in 1862, Brigadier General Samuel Curtis found his Union army of 10,250 men facing the largest Confederate force ever assembled in the Trans-Mississippi theater -- a combined army under Major General Earl Van Dorn that included Missouri State Guard troops, Texas cavalry, Arkansas infantry, and a brigade of Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole warriors. Against the odds, Curtis held his ground on the first day and drove Van Dorn from the field on the second. The Confederates would never again seriously threaten Missouri.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/m/p/battle-of-pea-ridge-wp/9ymp-battle-of-pea-ridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Pea Ridge: The Night March That Unraveled https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Van Dorn's plan was elegant on paper: a flanking march around Curtis's fortified position along Little Sugar Creek, striking the Union rear via the Bentonville Detour. The problem began on the night of March 6, when Colonel Grenville Dodge felled trees across the road between Twe...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/m/p/battle-of-pea-ridge-wp/9ymp-battle-of-pea-ridge-the-night-march-that-unraveled.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Pea Ridge: Death in the Timber Belt https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge/ Photo credit KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0. At Leetown, McCulloch's division ran into Colonel Peter Osterhaus's reconnaissance force. McCulloch had 3,000 cavalry under James McIntosh, 4,000 infantry under Colonel Louis Hebert, and a brigade of Native American cavalry under Albert Pike. The initial Confederate charge overwh...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/m/p/battle-of-pea-ridge-wp/9ymp-battle-of-pea-ridge-death-in-the-timber-belt.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Pea Ridge: Elkhorn Tavern and the Long Afternoon https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge/ Photo credit Mwanner, Talk, CC BY-SA 3.0. At Elkhorn Tavern, Colonel Eugene Carr's badly outnumbered 4th Division fought with extraordinary tenacity. Carr spread his regiments along the plateau's edge and sent four guns forward to slow Price's advance. Van Dorn grew cautious instead of rushing the outnumbered defenders, ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/m/p/battle-of-pea-ridge-wp/9ymp-battle-of-pea-ridge-elkhorn-tavern-and-the-long-afternoon.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Pea Ridge: The Morning Everything Changed https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge/ Photo credit Public domain. Curtis refused to retreat. On the morning of March 8, General Franz Sigel massed 21 cannons on an open knoll west of Elkhorn Tavern and began a devastating bombardment against 12 Confederate guns. The Southern artillery could not answer effectively. Near the base of Big Mountain,...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/m/p/battle-of-pea-ridge-wp/9ymp-battle-of-pea-ridge-the-morning-everything-changed.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Pea Ridge: The Field That Remembers https://qualla.com/battle-of-pea-ridge/ Photo credit Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. Federal forces suffered 1,384 casualties. Confederate losses were approximately 2,000, including three generals killed or mortally wounded. Van Dorn's army retreated through sparsely settled country for a week, living off whatever food they could take from inhabitants. Thousands ...

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