Elkhorn Tavern

Elkhorn Tavern:

see Pea RidgePea Ridge,
chain of hills, NW Ark., where the Civil War battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern) was fought Mar. 6–8, 1862. Earl Van Dorn, leading a large Confederate command, which included Sterling Price's retreating Missouri forces and Ben McCulloch's army, attacked the
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Curtis' Army of the Southwest at Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas (March 7-8); relieved of his command later that year and replaced by Gen.
Van Dorn, Earl (1820-1863)

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