Pea Ridge : Civil War campaign in the West /
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| Author / Creator: | Shea, William L. |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xiii, 417 p. ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1380410 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- aTvern Telegraph Road Alexander Asboth
- 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
- Foster's farm, looking northeast from the approximate location of Elbert's battery
- Nicholas Greusel Louis Héebert
- Morgan's woods, east of Leetown Road Julius
- White Oberson's field, looking northwest from the site of Davidson's battery
- Tanyard Ravine, looking northward down the slope that forms the head of this ravine
- Huntsville Road, looking west toward
- 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,"
- "Elkhorn Tavern, Battle Ground of Pea Ridge, Ark.,"
- The 37th Illinois battling Hébert's brigade in Morgan's woods, March 7, 1862