Pea Ridge Online Jr. Ranger Activity

Pea Ridge National Military Park: Online Activity Questions

Print this page and then go to Pea Ridge National Military Park online tour information for help answering these questions.


1. Before the war, what was considered the backbone of the Southern economy?

2. When did Arkansas vote to secede from the Union?

3. What were the dates of the Battle of Pea Ridge?

4. How many Union soldiers fought for the Army of the Southwest during the Battle of Pea Ridge?

5. How many Confederate soldiers fought for the Army of the West during the Battle of Pea Ridge?

6. What home on the Telegraph Road was used by both the Union and Confederate armies as a field hospital and headquarters during the Battle of Pea Ridge?

7. What were the three names of the Army of the West commanders?

8. What were the three names of the Army of the Southwest commanders?

9. Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

10. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

11. Why might someone choose to join the Confederate or Union armies in 1861?

12. Confederate soldiers wore what color of uniforms in the Civil War?

13. Union Soldiers wore what color of uniforms in the Civil War?

14. Was the Battle of Pea Ridge a Union or Confederate victory?

15. Please draw the Third National Confederate flag. For help, go to Southern Battle Flags


16. Please draw the Missouri State Guard flag from1862. For help, go to Southern Battle Flags


17. What Confederate general was shot off his horse by Federal skirmishers during the Battle of Pea Ridge?


18. What two Confederate generals were killed during the fighting at Leetown battlefield during the Battle of Pea Ridge?


19. What year did President Eisenhower sign the law to protect and preserve the Pea Ridge battlefield?


20. What was/is the significance of the Battle of Pea Ridge?