The Battle of Pea Ridge: A Captivating Guide to the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Which Was an American Civil War Clash in Arkansas That Took Place in March of 1862

Battles of the Civil War, Book 7

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Jason Zenobia

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Experience the Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, and experience the events of the American Civil War during the first half of 1862 in the Trans-Mississippi Theater in this captivating audiobook on the Arkansas campaign of Pea Ridge.

The Pea Ridge campaign is considered the most important series of events in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. The Battle of Pea Ridge, which took place from March 6th to March 8th, 1862, was the climax of the campaign, in which the Union Army was ultimately victorious. The campaign began in a winter snowstorm when the Federal Army of the Southwest flushed the Rebels from Southern Missouri into Northern Arkansas. The Yankees lay camp along the northwestern border of Arkansas to prevent both the Confederate volunteer army and the Missouri State Guard from re-infiltrating Missouri.

Southern General Earl Van Dorn was dispatched to concentrate Rebel forces in Arkansas into the Army of the West and retake the state before capturing Missouri. In freezing conditions, Van Dorn moved his army through treacherous terrain to encircle the Yankees in a surprise attack. The conservative commander of the Yankees, General Samuel Curtis, neither fled nor panicked. Instead, he spun his army’s front 180 degrees to face north toward the oncoming threat of Rebel forces.

You will learn:

• That the Trans-Mississippi Theater was the most treacherous of all
• How Missouri was the key to the west
• Why the Federals remained dangerously static and entrenched upon Pea Ridge
• About the unlisted guerilla-style troops of the Missouri State Guard
• Why the Rebel Army was forced to march through an icy winter with few provisions
• The decisions and events that resulted in a clear win
• A little about the role of the Native Americans in the Civil War

Buy this audiobook now to learn more about the Battle of Pea Ridge!

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Good general analysis with some issues.

I think this book is a good general summarization of the battle of Pea Ridge, but some aspects of this book should be explored at least a touch more. Specifically in regard to the way the author talks about Native Americans being "unreliable" but fails to mention any of the additional information to the cause of this, but generally provides added context to most other matters discussed in the book.

A good account of the battle.

It was a good account of the battle. Not exactly captivating, but certainly educational. It was a bit robotic and not exciting as many of these civil war accounts seem to be. It relayed the information, but that’s about it.

the battle of pea ridge

I really enjoyed this book. the section about vative americans in the cival war was especially interesting

A little known Civil War battle well told!

This battle took place early in the Civil War in the Ozarks and was probably the largest and most significant battle in that region during the war. The Confederate forces even conscripted native Americans to help fight the Union forces. Captivating history has compiled and presented full details and timelines of the Battles of Pea Ridge and Elkhorn Tavern in their interesting audiobook. I believe any Civil War buff will truly enjoy this presentation.

Written by a high school freshman???

Simplistic and poorly researched. Even as poor of writers as they are I think an American high school freshman might do a better job.