Pea Ridge

Pea Ridge

Richard J. LeFevre (1931 - 2000)

1995

watercolor and mixed media on paper

On March 6, 7, and 8, 1862, the Battle of Pea Ridge was fought in the Trans-Mississippi district just south of Wilson’s Creek in Northern Arkansas. The Union Army was led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, shown on the left, while Confederate forces were under the command of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, shown on the right. Quite the ladies’ man, General Van Dorn, was shot during the Civil War not from a bullet during battle, but by a gun wielded by an angry husband.

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