7 mar 1862 año - The Battle of Pea Ridge Begins
The next day, learning of Van Dorn's counterattack, 10,000 Federals in
Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis's army marched to meet the counterattack.
The armies met at Elkhorn Tavern three miles south of the Missouri border.
During the battle two Confederate Generals were killed Brigadier Generals
Ben McCulloch and James McQueen McIntosh. The deaths of the two Generals
slowed down the Confederate's momentum at the end of the day.