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    Pea Ridge

    National Military Park Arkansas

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Confederate Commanders

Major General Earl Van Dorn

Major General Earl Van Dorn
Commander, Army of the West

 
Major General Sterling Price
Major General Sterling Price
Commander, Price's Division (Missouri State Guard),
Army of the West
 
Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch

Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch
Commander, McCulloch's Division, Army of the West

 
Brigadier General James McIntosh
Brigadier General James McIntosh
Commander, McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
 
Brigadier General Albert Pike
Brigadier General Albert Pike
Commander, Pike's Indian Brigade
 
Colonel Louis Hebert
Colonel Louis Hebert
Commander, Hebert's Infantry Brigade
 
Colonel Stand Watie

Colonel Stand Watie
Commander, 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Did You Know?

Stand Watie, Cherokee General at the Battle of Pea Ridge

Pea Ridge was the only major Civil War battle in which Indian troops participated.  Almost 1,000 Cherokee made up two Confederate regiments, with Cherokee Stand Watie as their Colonel.  The Indian Brigade joined McCulloch’s division.