Pea Ridge Arkansas March 8, 1862
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This is the War Between the States from the viewpoint of a mother, son, and daughter trying to survive as Yankees overrun their land, bushwhackers and jayhawkers ride in at night to take whatever they want (including the family's 17-year-old daughter), Indians from the nearby Indian Territory knock on their door unexpectedly, and a wounded Yankee comes under their care -- and all the while, their husband/father is off in the Confederate army, and the lack of any word from him adds to the family's tension. Littered throughout are closeup vignettes of actual participants in the battle of Pea Ridge -- Union and Confederate commanders are portrayed with such clarity, you will never forget them. |
Annie Heloise Abel describes the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, a bloody disaster for the confederates but a glorious moment for Colonel Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles. The Indians were soon enough swept by the war into a vortex of confusion and chaos. Able makes clear that their participation in the conflict brought only devastation to Indian Territory. |
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