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  • There is -- and my favorite -- my favorite in the whole book and -- it was the battle called Pea Ridge in Arkansas there are only two reporters there.

    A Bohemian Brigade: The Civil War Correspondents - Mostly Rough, Sometimes Ready 2000

  • Beyond this field was a wooded declivity rising still farther away to a ridge called Pea Ridge, on which the enemy was posted.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • As soon as the cavalry returned, I saw that an attempt on the road was frustrated, and accordingly have placed McDowell's brigade to our right front, guarding the pass of Snake Creek; Stuart's brigade to the left front, to watch the pass of Lick Creek; and I shall this morning move directly out on the Corinth road, about eight miles to or toward Pea Ridge, which is a key-point to the southwest.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • Fayetteville into Missouri, crosses Sugar Creek, and goes over a ridge or rough plateau called Pea Ridge, and was near the Missouri line.

    From Fort Henry to Corinth 1861

  • As soon as the cavalry returned, I saw that an attempt on the road was frustrated, and accordingly have placed McDowell's brigade to our right front, guarding the pass of Snake Creek; Stuart's brigade to the left front, to watch the pass of Lick Creek; and I shall this morning move directly out on the Corinth road, about eight miles to or toward Pea Ridge, which is a key-point to the southwest.

    Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Complete 1855

  • As soon as the cavalry returned, I saw that an attempt on the road was frustrated, and accordingly have placed McDowell's brigade to our right front, guarding the pass of Snake Creek; Stuart's brigade to the left front, to watch the pass of Lick Creek; and I shall this morning move directly out on the Corinth road, about eight miles to or toward Pea Ridge, which is a key-point to the southwest.

    The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 2 1855

  • As soon as the cavalry returned, I saw that an attempt on the road was frustrated, and accordingly have placed McDowell's brigade to our right front, guarding the pass of Snake Creek; Stuart's brigade to the left front, to watch the pass of Lick Creek; and I shall this morning move directly out on the Corinth road, about eight miles to or toward Pea Ridge, which is a key-point to the southwest.

    Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 1 1855

  • There was a big going away party on our farm with all the families of Pea Ridge in attendance.

    Burns Strider: Big Daddy's Rules for the 2010 Campaign Trail 2010

  • There was a big going away party on our farm with all the families of Pea Ridge in attendance.

    Burns Strider: Big Daddy's Rules for the 2010 Campaign Trail Burns Strider 2010

  • He also was a member of The First Arkansas Light Artillery which was organized at Fort Smith and fought in the battle of Pea Ridge in 1862.

    San Francisco imposes sanctions on Arizona 2010

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