A look at how the battle at Pea Ridge, Arkansas put the Union forces firmly in charge of the Trans-Mississippi.

Includes maps of: Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas; Springfield to Little Sugar Creek; Northwestern Arkansas; Bentonville - McIntosh Attempts to Intercept Sigel; Pea Ridge - Midday, march 7; Leetown - Osterhaus Engages McCulloch on Foster's Farm; Leetown - McCulloch and McIntosh are Killed; Leetown - Hebert Advances against Davis; Leetown - Hebert Breaches the Federal Line; Leetown - the Federals Counterattack and the Confederates Withdraw; Elkhorn Tavern - Van Dorn and Carr Deploy; Elkhorn Tavern - Vandever Attacks Slack; Elkhorn Tavern - Carr Shortens His Line as Van Dorn Prepares to Attack; Elkhorn Tavern - Van Dorn Attacks and Carr Falls Back across Ruddick's Field; Pea Ridge - Night of March 7-8; Elkhorn Tavern - 9:00 A.M., March 8; Elkhorn Tavern - 10:00 A.M., March 8; March of the Army of the Southwest, February-July 1862. Some copies are the 1992 paperback reprints. Reprint. Originally published: 1992.

Winter campaign -- Price's running stand -- The hunter and the hunted -- Rush to glory -- Death of a Texan -- Battle in the brush -- A battle half won -- Clash in Cross Timber Hollow -- Perseverance beside a tavern -- High tide at Elkhorn -- Soften the heart -- Thunder in the Ozarks -- Victory and defeat -- The vulture and the wolf -- Marching through Arkansas -- A military analysis of Pea Ridge -- Appendixes : 1. The legacy of Pea Ridge ; 2. Order of battle.