Union General Samuel Curtis squared off against his Confederate counterparts Sterling Price and Earl Van Dorn in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas in the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi River. In a confused two day fight, Curtis and his Army of the Southwest managed to secure the state of Missouri to the Union cause for the rest of the war. He also kept Price and Van Dorn from meeting up with other Rebel forces massing under A.S. Johnston to hit Grant's Army of the Tennessee at a quiet place on the Tennessee River called Pittsburg Landing.
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William
L. Shea & Earl J. Hess
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This is the definitive
account of Pea Ridge. The maps are well done, and the book is extremely
well-written. If no other book ever gets written on this campaign, it
won't matter. If you're a fan of the Trans-Mississippi Theater, buy
this book and thank me later. 417 pp., 18 maps
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