McCulloch’s entire division was marching east on Ford Road only a few hundred yards away.South of the belt of timber lay Oberson’s Field. Delays slowed both Confederate columns and by dawn, Union scouts had detected both threats.
South of the Bentonville Detour, west of Cross Timber Hollow and north of Ford Road lay the militarily impassable Big Mountain.On the night of March 6, Colonel Grenville Dodge led several parties of soldiers in obstructing the Bentonville Detour. As the afternoon wore on, Curtis continued to funnel units into the battle near Elkhorn, but Union troops were slowly pushed back. He has appeared on The History Channel as a featured expert. That same evening, Van Dorn’s army, with Price’s Division in the lead, began the long march to Cross Timber Hollow. Then he turned south into undefended northeast Arkansas. He intended to march around Curtis’ flank and attack the Union army from the rear; this would result either in Curtis being forced to move north or else result in the encirclement and destruction of the Union army. Of these, Carr’s 4th Division lost 682, almost all in its action on the first day, and Davis’ 3rd Division lost 344.
McCulloch’s troops swung west on the Ford Road and plowed into elements of the Federal army at a small village named Leetown, where a fierce firefight erupted.At 11:30 a.m. Osterhaus rode north through a belt of timber onto Foster Farm and witnessed an astonishing sight.
The Federal gunners began lobbing shells over the belt of timber. Federali forze, guidati da Briga. Greusel shook out two companies of skirmishers from the 36th Illinois and posted them along the southern edge of the belt of timber between Oberson’s and Foster’s fields. La Battaglia di Pea Ridge (7 marzo - 8, 1862), conosciuta anche come la Battaglia di Elkhorn Taverna, è stata una grande battaglia della guerra civile americana combattuta nei pressi Leetown, a nord est di Fayetteville, Arkansas. Though outnumbered, they turned the tables on the Southerners and captured Hébert later in the afternoon. Sent north by Curtis, Colonel Grenville Dodge's brigade of Colonel Eugene Carr's 4th Division soon moved into a blocking position. The Confederates lost 10 killed and about 20 wounded to Union artillery and rifle fire.Curtis placed his four small divisions astride the Telegraph or Van Dorn hoped to reach the Union rear by way of the Bentonville Detour. Federal forces, led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis determined to pursue the Confederates back into Arkansas with his Army of the Southwest.Curtis moved his approximately 10,250 Union soldiers and 50 artillery pieces into Benton County, Arkansas, along a small stream called Little Sugar Creek. Occurring on March 7 and 8, 1862, Pea Ridge, also called Elkhorn Tavern, was a key Civil War battle in which American Indian troops first engaged in combat outside the Indian Territory. Paperback $19.99 $ 19.
Sigel marched the 1st and 2nd Divisions in circles all night but finally had them camp near Pratt’s Store.
Meanwhile, McCulloch had formed Louis Hébert’s 4,000-man infantry brigade across a wide front and sent them south.
Asboth, who was wounded in the last action of the day, believed that the Union army’s position was hopeless and pressed Curtis several times during the night to retreat.
The Battle of Pea Ridge was fought March 7 to 8, 1862, and was an early engagement of the Reunited, the combined Confederate force would attack south to strike at the rear of the Union lines along Little Sugar Creek.
Reconnoitering the enemy lines, McCulloch encountered a group of Union skirmishers and was killed. The Battle of Pea Ridge was one of the few battles where Confederate troops possessed a significant numerical advantage over the Union.
Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis.
Near the base of Big Mountain the projectiles created a deadly combination of rock shrapnel and wood splinters, driving the 2nd Missouri Brigade from its positions.
Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, si è trasferito a sud di Missouri centrale, la guida confederate forze in nord-ovest dell'Arkansas.
This was followed by a Confederate probe which was quickly driven back.Soon Sigel’s men extended in a long line to the left of Davis. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, moved south from central Missouri, driving Confederate forces into northw Brigadier General Franz Sigel. Pressing on, Curtis succeeded in taking Helena, AR in July. Reinforcing this line, Curtis ordered a counterattack but it was halted due to darkness. The Union division commander immediately launched this unit in a counterattack on Price’s right flank.