National Park Civil War Series: Pea Ridge

During the first six months of 1862, the Union army marched over seven hundred miles from Rolla, Missouri to Helena, Arkansas, and, despite crossing some of the most difficult terrain in the country, won a major battle.

At the Confederate surrender, Union Major General Henry W. Halleck and Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis successfully secured Missouri and freed the state’s resources for use elsewhere. As a result, Confederate Major General Earl Van Dorn, Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch, and Sterling Price, commander of the Missouri State Guard, effectively lost Missouri to the Union and failed to defend Arkansas.

This new edition of The Campaign for Pea Ridge from the popular National Park Service’s Civil War Series provides readers with insight to this pivotal encounter with historical photos, comprehensive text, and detailed troop movement maps that help illustrate the confusion and arduousness leading up to and during the two-day skirmish.

Collect all National Park Civil War Series books, comprising more than 30 titles. From the first cannons fired at Fort Sumter, to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, this award-winning collection illustrates the full scope of the war with remarkable vividness and accessibility.

Product Details

• Historical nonfiction
• 8" x 11", full-color & perfect-bound, 54 pages
• Text by William L. Shea, maps by George Skoch
• Printed in USA, published by Eastern National