The Battle of Pea Ridge and its Impact on the Civil War The Civil War was a major point in American History. It has influenced everyone in America in many ways. The War was conducted in two main areas of the United States. These two parts were in the area east of the Mississippi River and in the area west of the Mississippi River. The control of both of these fronts was vital for victory by either the Union or the Confederacy. On March 8, 1862, a small skirmish at Pea Ridge, Arkansas led to
Battles of the Trans Mississippi West The Trans-Mississippi West was the least important but yet the most significant theater in the Civil War. The Trans-Mississippi to the west of the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains, was the scene of almost 73 military engagements. It is often known as the “Unknown Civil War”because most attention was directed toward the Eastern Theater. Technically, the Civil War started in Missouri and what was known as Bloody Kansas before the firing on Fort
Albert Pike Arkansas’s Confederate poetic Masonic Lawyer and Commander at Pea Ridge "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." - Albert Pike Carved at the home of Albert Pike's statue at Third and D Streets in Northwest Washington are the words, "philosopher, jurist, public speaker, writer, poet, student, soldier." Born in Massachusetts, Pike was six feet tall and weighed 300 pounds, an imposing image even without his
like in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Captain Clardy, and the Battle of Prairie Grove. Despite the close similarities that this novel has with our history, there are some fictional parts in it. One
forces. During the Civil War, he led troops supporting the Union. However, his blunders as a Commander caused the unfortunate repercussion of defeat. Notably, the battle of Wilson’s Creek was one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War, and because of his actions on that day, his reputation was negatively impacted. Before the Battle of Wilson’s Creek Franz Sigel was born on November 18, 1824 in Baden, Germany. Franz attended school early in his life in Bruchsal, Germany. Longing to join the military
Sometimes called the “Forgotten Front1” or the “Forgotten War2” the battle for the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska was one of the bloodiest of WWII. With the Battle for Attu still fresh in their minds, on August 14th, 1943 the US military sent over 100 ships and 30,000 men to land on the island of Kiska to attack a Japanese force estimated at 10,000 men. What they found on the island wound up shocking the Allied Forces. HISTORY In December of 1941, the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor,
election in 1860, eleven states seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, at Ft. Sumter, South Carolina. Union and Confederate strategies differed, but each side thought they could win early decisive battles, ensuring a short conflict. The Union strategy was formulated by Winfield Scott (later modified by George McClellan) and dubbed the “Anaconda Strategy;” as such, it included the blockade of Southern ports, invasion of the Southern interior through
which incidentally created a land of many opportunities. These opportunities were given to the people who fought against the established order to protect their rights, and it was up to Lincoln and Davis to protect those rights no matter how many battles would be fought and no matter how much blood would be shed. The United States, confined within modest boundaries unchanged for a generation, would face the most intense war during a span of five years. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis