mar 6, 1862 - The Confederates March to Pea Ridge By the spring of 1862, the Union forces had pushed the Confederate army into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of On March 6, 1862, Confederate Major General Earl Van Dorn gathered his 16,000-man army to counterattack the Union near Pea Ridge.
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