150 Years Ago Today ( Read more... )

There had been some minor skirmishing near a place called Sugar Creek in Arkansas on March 6, 1862, but on March 7, the battle called Pea Ridge or Elkhorn Tavern truly got under way. What little chance Confederate commander Earl Van Dorn had of taking the Union army by surprise had vanished. Nonetheless, he decided to try a two-pronged attack, at a ( Read more... )