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Preface, xi Chapter 1. Winter Campaign, 1 Chapter 2. Price's Running Stand, 27 Chapter 3. The Hunter and the Hunted, 45 Chapter 4. Rush to Glory, 62 Chapter 5. Death of a Texan, 88 Chapter 6. Battle in the Brush, 113 Chapter 7. A Battle Half Won, 134 Chapter 8. Clash in Cross Timber Hollo^ 151 Chapter 9. Perseverance beside a Tavern, 170 Chapter 10.High Tide at Elkhorn, 185 Chapter 11. Soften the Heart, 207 Chapter 12.Thunder in the Ozarks, 223 Chapter 13.Victory and Defeat, 243 Chapter 14.The Vulture and the Wolf, 261 Chapter 15.Marching through Arkansas, 284 Conclusion. A Military Analysis of Pea Ridge, 307 Appendix 1. The Legacy of Pea Ridge,319 Appendix 2. Order of Battle, 331 Notes, 341 Bibliography, 387 Index, 411 Contents Maps 1-1 Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, 4 2-1 Springfield to Little Sugar Creek, 31 2-2 Northwestern Arkansas, 40 4-1 Bentonville: Mclntosh Attempts to Intercept Sigel, 73 5-1 Pea Ridge: Midday, March 7,92 5-2 Leetown: Osterhaus Engages McCulloch on Foster's Farm, 98 5-3 Leetown: McCulloch and Mclntosh Are Killed, 108 6-1 Leetown: Hebert Advances against Davis, 123 6-2 Leetown: Hebert Breaches the Federal Line, 132 7-1 Leetown: The Federals Counterattack and the Confederates Withdraw; 139 8-1 Elkhorn Tavern: VanDorn and Carr Deploy, 156 9-1 Elkhorn Tavern: VandeverAttacks Slack, 177 9-2 Elkhorn Tavern: Carr Shortens His Line as VanDorn Prepares to Attack, 182 10-1 Elkhorn Tavern: VanDorn Attacks and Carr Falls Back across Ruddick's Field, 190 11-1 Pea Ridge: Night of March 7-8,212 12-1 Elkhorn Tavern: 9:00 A.M., March 8,229 12-2 Elkhorn Tavern: 10:00 A.M., March 8,237 15-1 March of the Army of the Southwest, February-July 1862,293 [18.191.46.36] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:54 GMT) Illustrations Samuel Ryan Curtis, 6 Franz Sigel, 8 Sterling Price, 17 Benjamin McCulloch,18 Earl VanDorn, 21 Albert Pike, 24 Elkhorn Tavern, 35 Telegraph Road, 37 Alexander S.Asboth, 47 James M.Mclntosh, 71 The northern bluff of Little Sugar Creek,from Telegraph Road near the site of Trott's store, 80 Remains of trenches the Federals constructed atop the northern bluff of Little Sugar Creek,81 Grenville M.Dodge, 83 Peter J. Osterhaus, 91 Foster's farm, looking northeast from the approximate location of Elbert's battery, 100 Nicholas Greusel, in a postwar portrait, 106 Louis Hebert, 117 Jefferson C. Davis, 122 Morgan's woods, east of Leetown Road, 124 viii 1 1 1 Illustrations Julius White, 126 Obersoris field, looking northwest from the site of Davidson's battery, 131 Eugene A. Carr, 153 lanyard Ravine, looking northward down the slope that forms the head of this ravine, 755 Huntsville Road, looking west toward Elkhorn Tavern, 158 Henry Little, 160 Francis J. Herron, William Vandever,and William H. Coyl, 174 Elkhorn Tavern, with the head of Tanyard Ravine to its rear and the eastern extremity of Big Mountain in the background, 192 Hunt E Wilson's painting of Guibor's battery in action against Carr's beleaguered Federals on the evening of March 7,194 Artillery pieces mark the location of Guibor's battery in front of Elkhorn Tavern on the evening of March 7,196 demon's field, looking east from Dodge's position, 200 Hunt P Wilson's painting of Pratt's store on the morning of March 8,227 An artillery piece marking the location of Welfley's battery atop Welfley's Knoll,232 Welfley's Knoll,looking west from Telegraph Road across Ruddick's field, 234 Hunt RWilson's painting of the Confederate armyjust before it began to retreat from the battlefield on March 8,241 Sandstone columns on the west face of the rocky promontory on BigMountain, 245 [18.191.46.36] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:54 GMT) Illustrations \\\ ix The battlefield of March 8, looking south from the rocky promontory on BigMountain, 247 The battlefield of March 8, looking southwest from the rocky promontory on Big Mountain, 249 The battlefield of March 8, looking west from the rocky promontory on Big Mountain, 251 Cyrus Bussey, 281 Frederick Steele, 294 "Pioneers from Carr's Division, May21, 1862" by Robert 0. Sweeny, 298 "Elkhorn Tavern, Battle Ground of Pea Ridge,Ark." by Robert O. Sweeny, 324 The 37th Illinois battling Hebert's brigade in Morgan's woods, March 7, 1862,325...