Pea Ridge
, chain of hills, NW Ark., near Mo. border, where the
Civil War battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern) was fought March
6-8, 1862. Earl Van Dorn, leading a large Confederate command, which
included Sterling Price's retreating Mo. forces and Ben McCulloch's
army, attacked the strongly entrenched Union army under Samuel Ryan
Curtis. The Confederate wings, becoming separated, were crushed on
successive days. Pea Ridge was the 1st decisive victory won by the
Union army W of the Mississippi; not until Price's raid (1864) did the
Confederates again try to carry the war to Mo. in force.
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