War in the West: Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove

by William L. Shea

Book Overview

Early 1862, Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis drive Confederate forces led by Brigadier General Sterling Price out of Missouri and into Arkansas. The Confederates, now representing combined forces under General Earl Van Dorn, Commander of the Trans-Mississippi District, counter-attack and strike Curtis's isolated Union army at Pea Ridge in March 1862. Despite being outnumbered and almost surrounded, the Union army wins a stunning victory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893114295
• ISBN13: 9781893114296
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"