American Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge - "Upset in Arkansas" - All Parts

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After their initial victories at Wilson's Creek and Lexington in Missouri during the summer of '61, the Confederate armies in the Trans-Mississippi Theater begin to suffer from a series of setbacks in the region during the winter of '61 - '62. Hoping to reverse their fortunes in the theater, Major General Earl Van Dorn leads the Confederate Army of the West in an all-out offensive from northern Arkansas towards St. Louis, Missouri, to capture the strategically-important city and finally secure the crucial border state for the Confederacy. Standing in their way is the vastly-outnumbered Union Army of the Southwest, led by Brigadier General Samuel Ryan Curtis. When General Curtis chooses to make a stand against the numerically-superior Confederates, he establishes a defensive line at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas. The resulting Battle of Pea Ridge, or Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, will help determine the fate of both Missouri and northern Arkansas for the remainder of the war.

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Sources:

The Battle for Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks
by James R. Knight; Part of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series

Pea Ridge: Campaign in the West
by William L. Shea and Earl J. Hess; Part of Civil War: America

The Campaign for Pea Ridge
by William L. Shea; Part of the Civil War National Park Series

Script written J. Woody

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