Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas Page2
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(3-99) Visitors Center: Weapons display, Confederate organization chart, Union uniform |
(3-99) Visitors Center: Misc. bullets, weapons, shell fragments, etc. |
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(3-99) Visitors Center: Display room |
(3-99) Blunt's Attack. Site Marker: From this spot the observer is viewing the terrain over which General James G. Blunt's 1st Division advanced on the afternoon of December 7, 1862, to attack the Confederates left and relieve the pressure on General F. J. Herron's 2nd and 3rd Divisions which had been engaged since early morning. Blunt had been in camp at Cane Hill and was bypassed by General T. C. Hindman's army on the night of December 6. Blunt marched his men to Rhea's Mill on Sunday morning, December 7, and entered the battle here at 2 o'clock in the afternoon |
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(3-99) Morrow House. Site Marker: Confederate Headquarters. This house, built about 1855, was the home of the John Morrow family, and originally stood on Cove Creek 9 miles south of here. On the night before the battle of Prairie Grove, Confederate General T. C. Hindman met with his division and brigade commanders in this house and made final plans for battle. The army left the Morrow farm for Prairie Grove at 4 o'clock on the morning of December 7, 1862. This house also sheltered General Sterling Price in February 1862 when Price's army was enroute to the battle of Pea Ridge |
(3-99) Start of the one mile self guided walking tour which provides a close look at the eastern end of the battlefield where some of the heaviest fighting took place. A guide for this walking tour and a 10 mile driving tour, which provides a complete view of the battlefield are available at the Visitor Center |
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