ACW: Battle of Pea Ridge - "Upset in Arkansas" - All Parts

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After their initial victories at Wilson's Creek and Lexington in Missouri during the summer of '61, the Confederate armies in the Trans-Mississippi Theater begin to suffer from a series of setbacks in the region during the winter of '61 - '62. Hoping to reverse their fortunes in the theater, Major General Earl Van Dorn leads the Confederate Army of the West in an all-out offensive from northern Arkansas towards St. Louis, Missouri, to capture the strategically-important city and finally secure the crucial border state for the Confederacy. Standing in their way is the vastly-outnumbered Union Army of the Southwest, led by Brigadier General Samuel Ryan Curtis. When General Curtis chooses to make a stand against the numerically-superior Confederates, he establishes a defensive line at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas. The resulting Battle of Pea Ridge, or Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, will help determine the fate of both Missouri and northern Arkansas for the remainder of the war.
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Sources:
The Battle for Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks by James R. Knight; Part of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series
Buy Here: amzn.to/3Vx4Vbv
Pea Ridge: Campaign in the West by William L. Shea and Earl J. Hess; Part of Civil War: America
Buy Here: amzn.to/3G7wYZA
The Campaign for Pea Ridge by William L. Shea; Part of the Civil War National Park Series
Script written by J. Woody
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[@WarhawkYT]

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[@ncwolfe]

You were wrong to claim the Cherokee scalped anybody. The truth is nobody knows who did it, but it's at least as likely that it was the Texans.

[@philgiglio7922]

My great grandfather fought with the 48th Indiana at Pea Ridge, then later at the siege of Port Hudson. This according to his diary...he later married a Cherokee woman snd moved to Kansas and wound up living in a cave in the side of an arroyo.

[@freeman8000]

Your pappy was badass. Your grandparent was born and raised in an indian cave?

[@AdonaiSaxon01]

Woah… that’s far out man

[@Quan-cs1eb]

I would love to read it that's amazing I have my great great grandfather WW2 note book and his father's WW1 notebook and I have a family members not exactly what he would be to me lol to far back but he was a child at the time of the civil war and talks about seeing it all the time from his front yard and his mother and him housing southern troops and also taking care of wounded

[@bunk95]

The Irish got y’all over there by the way (they even gave up the milk and beer). Blame things such as the licensed copy of Notre Dame. Do [religious] works, accept no [reward] (they preplanned out your own [home/work] life [its a slave society after all]). Target? Where does a specific concentration of foreigners get/mix?

[@Shootdudemew]

The 48th indiana never fought at pea ridge. I also infact had a great great great grandpa who was in the 48th as a teamster. He didn’t see much combat and was behind the lines at the time of battle. After the war he moved to wisconsin where my great great grandpa was born. My great great grandpa who fought in ww2 briefly talks about his service in the civil war in his diary.

[@donniestevenson5033]

Van Dorn learned the hard way the lieutenants study tactics while generals study logistics. Not knowing where you supply train is should be a courts martial offense.

[@crabmentality4992]

people don't realize this is a beyond a collegiate level of detail for the information you present kudos to you, i hope you achieve all your goals and are a source of learning for decades to come. thank you for such an informative experience

[@Zarastro54]

Most of the script is read straight from the American Battlefield Trust’s article on it. It’s “beyond collegiate level” because it is plagiarized.

[@Ejward77]

Just went to this battlefield today. Just moved to Arkansas a few months ago and I’m only 25 miles away. It was definitely worth the trip.

[@coffeecocaine8878]

Did you immediately start thinking of this video when visiting it, I did today lol

[@TRutledge]

This is incredible! Carr did himself proud in his defense of the tavern, and in the cautious retreat from it when he knew his position was finally being tested. Glad to hear he got a promotion and respect from his soldiers for his wise actions.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

Ahh, I get why the Union did so much better in the west than the east. They had more experienced officers in the west.

[@seanmac1793]

@@Jordan-Ramses I wouldn't say more experienced but just better officers, but yes other than some arguments about the confederate soliders of the east being more early recruits to cause an more motivated you can see that a lot of the best union commanders were out west

[@gregj831]

That dude was an absolute baddass

[@daannyy68]

The General was my Great Great Great Grandfather and something would quickly happen to me or anyone else who called him by any other name in his presence... no matter how much one might agree with it he was deeply religious and a military man. In fact, he did do himself proud with it so much so he changed his name to "The General" -Carr. That's the name and how he wanted to be remembered.

[@medievalist8441]

This is literally the best video about the battle of Pea Ridge out there!

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Sad thing is it's (maybe) the ONLY video about Pea Ridge out there, at least on YT.

[@oshaqsha9826]

@@indy_go_blue6048 It really is sad, Pea Ridge is one of the most fascinating battles of the war to me and it’s lucky to even see it mentioned in most historical discussions.

[@catdaddy3302]

It “literally “:was! 🤠

[@michaelalbertson7457]

This is the most comprehensive account of the battle, especially from the southern side, that I have ever heard. The author does an excellent presentation.

[@phillipsmith4501]

I visited pea Ridge in 1988 while staying at a little place called ward I come from Australia and was greatly honoured to visit pea Ridge, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, absolutely fantastic and have always loved American history great video thankyou .

[@davidtuttle508]

Back in the Summer of 1994, I was a student at the US Army Engineer Officer Advanced Course. It was taught at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. While there, every student had to research and write a Battlefield Analysis Paper. One of the guys in my class - [I'll call him George] wrote about the Battle or Pea Ridge. He wrote that Jefferson Davis, was the President of the Federated States of America, and Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America. He was told to re-write his paper. (He got a 16% on his first effort). I was instructed to help him re-write it. It took me many hours on a Saturday to re-write it for him. The next day - we drove down to the Pea Ridge National Battlefield Park. And we talked with the National Park System (NPS) Rangers, so that they could look over his paper. While the NPS staff was correcting his re-written rough draft, we did the driving tour. George asked me to stop at various points. Okay, we did. George repeatedly asked - where were the dead bodies? can we see them? where was the blown up trees? Finally - I stated - "George the battle was fought in 1862, in late winter. This is July 1994. 130 years after the battle. The dead are buried. The blown up trees have disintegrated into fertilizer that the new trees are feeding off of. If you want to go down into the draws/ravines/gullies - be my guest. I'll stay up here. Down in those places you'll find - ticks, chiggers, poisonous snakes, poison oak, poison sumac and poison ivy". We drove back to the Park Rangers. They returned George's rough draft. On the back of every page they made notes. When we got back - George got the opportunity to re-write his paper I think that the best that he got was a 70%. Which was passing, but just barely.

[@jayjames1376]

It's hard to believe that people like Ole George actually have the right to vote!🤔

[@Zarastro54]

George uh… doesn’t sound like the sharpest tool in the shed now does he? How’d he even get into the advanced course?

[@ceilingfangroyper7604]

Dude the amount of detail you put in these is absolutely amazing, the quotes, the units involved in major battles to firefights, the times these specific engagements happened and the narrating is on point the fact you point out the individual unit formations really hits the point home that this is a civil war between Americans not just a group of armies with people from all over but if men probably all from the same towns and general area. Also I like you break down the chain of command when talking about individual brigades and who they are attached too. Amazing work man I’ve been binge watching your videos the last 6 days

[@dylan8670]

Largest battle of the Civil War fought west of the Mississippi. One of the few battles in the Civil War where the Federals were outnumbered, but still won.

[@SoulKiller7Eternal]

Good commanders and brave soldiers, and good tactics and a good position makes a huge difference. This similar to Gettysburg in a way. A huge artillery barrage, combined with an infantry assault. This could've been Gettysburg...the Federals pulled it off. Lee, did not.

[@robertspecht1911]

Thank you for this very detailed account of the battle of Pea Ridge and Elk Horn Tavern.

[@n4lra1]

Very well narrated and highly detailed. I found this a real pleasure to listen to, while I learned of an important battle fought in this less well known theatre of operations!

[@donchichivagabond1578]

To think I barely came across this little channel. He is so good at the details and covers not just the big battles but those that never get the spotlight.

[@alphalunamare]

Just occasionally it would be a good idea to put up an strategic map so that the tactical maps can be easier understood, ie. to maintain overall context. Just the icing on the cake is all :-)

[@CarlP3dal]

Må

[@paulbolton4929]

Yup, being from another country. I have no idea of the small towns and villages of the southern or northern states.

[@marknan5352]

Visited pea ridge in 2019. Highly recommend seeing it . Wonderful park staff , displays . Thanks for this.

[@frankvanhorn5741]

Thank you sir for this post. We lost a family member to injuries at Pea Ridge. I'll watch again and do some more research on his involvement. Appreciate you!

[@donaldbeamer3563]

Pikes Cherokees were some bad Mama Jamas, loved this narrative on the battle of Pea Ridge. Rebels had bad terrain to deal with, with a hard time getting there artillery placed and lack of leadership once their own Generals decapitated themselves from their Commands.

[@medievalist8441]

Just found your channel, already in love.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks medievalist!

[@medievalist8441]

@@WarhawkYT just being honest, there is literally no other channel in youtube portraying an animated version of this. Can't wait for more!

[@JDarrow999]

I've seen a number of these battles throughout history videos. The maps, narration and attention to detail here is excellent. The best I have seen. Liked and subscribed.

[@robertbertagna1672]

i am a self appionted student of the civil war never heard this one before thank you for a detailed presentation of a battle in missouri first time i have heard of this battle thank you.

[@jayjames1376]

The battle was fought in Arkansas. 🤪

[@steveswitzer4353]

Well done I’ve read a book on this and this is dead on please carry on covering the ACW campaigns in such wonderful detail. Hats off to you sir!

[@cal4837]

This is the best Warhawk video so far. This battle is “fun” as far as early civil war standards go

[@gregorychilenski8612]

High level of scholarship and very attractive production values! Appreciate the focus on “the war in the West” where the Union actually won the war. Why else was Grant ultimately brought East? Of course because the West produced the victory, that’s why. I for one don’t need to hear or see any more about the supposed genius of Lee and Jackson. Thanks.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks Gregory, we're doing all battles in chronological order, Pea Ridge is an early battle!

[@mike990]

The reason Grant was brought east is for the exact opposite reason: The war would had to be won in the east. Lincoln and the Northern public understood that the war wasn't over until Robert E. Lee's army was destroyed. The battles in the east were drastically more important for the morale of both sides and nearly everyone understood this at the time. Somehow, you don't.

[@ProfessorTravis]

@@WarhawkYT I've got $20 for you once you get to Prairie Grove. An extra $10 if you include Cane Hill leading up to it. I practically live on the PG battlefield.

[@WarhawkYT]

@@ProfessorTravis Better get that money ready because we’ll be there when it’s comes around. My friend @Jesse Gilbreath loves PG

[@mjfleming319]

@@ProfessorTravis I got to visit your fine battleground a couple of years ago. Loved it, although I was feeling sick...I need to get back sometime when I’m in better health. I was drawn by the story of the superhuman march of the Army of the Frontier, and I must say that for a small, relatively obscure battle, the site is excellent and very well preserved and the museum is very good. Highly recommend it to any and every civil war student.

[@XbWalker]

This was an absolutely fantastic effort. Well done sir. This is the kind of battle that deserves a movie.

[@nitzky8936]

42:55 those stubborn Union gunners remind me of that one extra in the movie Gettysburg, who just keeps pouring canister into Confederate ranks during Picket's charge. if you've watched the movie 40 times, you know who I'm talking about.

[@Zarastro54]

Pretty sure that guy is supposed to represent Alonzo Cushing.

[@xxchoo3750]

Steve Earle made this battle and Ben Mcculloch famous.

[@weilandiv8310]

My wife asked "How was work today honey?" I quipped Pea Ridge!! baby!

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

I have to say, this is exactly what I've always wanted. Going over the battles. Now if you'd do big picture movements at the army level that would be the icing on the cake. For real though, excellent vidoes.

[@ejdotw1]

Again, outstanding - thank you so much for your continued, excellent work!

[@sunnycorax]

Use to live in Fayettevile so I've been to the Prairie Grove and Pea Ridge sites. Was a really well put together video. I don't know how I'm just now finding this channel.

[@treetop4250]

huge fan of these videos! love learning about the lesser known battles of the civil war. keep em coming!

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks t33top!

[@xxchoo3750]

@@WarhawkYT You should do one on the Battle of Mansfield. Well known battle in NW Louisiana and NE Texas.

[@porcine83]

I am planning to visit Pea Ridge and Wilson's creek later this summer, so found this while researching. Well done and much appreciated!

[@roanold]

Love the content and I'm really happy your starting to get more subs! Keep on being one of the best historical channels there is!

[@Eatrocksboii]

This is a great channel definitely up there with kings and generals and binkos battle grounds I honestly don’t no y the views are so low when the quality is so high definitely a good find ....recommend and share with your friends

[@WarhawkYT]

im brand new, just started this summer and i dont have a team to help me with the production of the vids

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Sarah I have a playlist of some 160 ACW videos. Would you believe that Warhawk never came up on my recces until a week ago? Too many cat videos and buy/rent this videos I guess.

[@Moredread25]

I had never heard of this battle before. Arkansas definitely isn't the glory theater. Excellent presentation.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thank you Moredread25, we plan on presenting all the semi major and major battles of the civil war, in all theaters!

[@fredeblack]

Both of my relatives John C. and William Perkins Black were the 1st Two Brothers to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions at Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove. .at first they thought JC had lost his mind, riding to the front of the line and 1 by 1 picking off Rebels with his repeating rifle..lots of heros in those battles and Thanks for the Awesome details and narrations..all superb!

[@digitalworms]

I live about 2 hours away from this battle site! I drove by it but I need to check it out! Nice video! I really couldn't imagine marching though that area of the Ozark Mountains!

[@kenwbrenner]

Very well done! Appreciate your excellent narration, story organization, and video production. Will look forward to more in your channel.

[@michaelr3583]

these vidoes make those old cspan lecture videos i used to watch obsolete

[@TheMeatCutter]

This is beyond impressive. I cannot wait to see what the future brings on this channel. New and HAPPY SUB here !

[@rc59191]

Happy I found this channel hardly anyone talks about the war out West.

[@dougkahler9498]

Very good video. I only live about 15 minutes from there. I go walking around the battlefields off the main road and find this quite informative

[@ashleymestrovich9029]

I grew up in pea ridge and I lived about 15 miles northwest of the national military park we were always going out there because the drive through is free and you pay to go into the museum and it's definitely a different feeling when your there I just wish that they would stop the burning of the woods every year and the Reenactment with gun fire because I honestly feel that it disrupts the peace of those who died there and just incase no one knows the Elkhorn tavern burned during the war but was rebuilt which is what stands there today

[@filoIII]

The dead know nothing. They're dead. Ain't bothering them.

[@sandman0545]

Wow, this channel is absolutely amazing! Just like Epic History Tv, but for the Civil War! Thank you so much, this channel’s videos are truly a treasure! Such a cinematic presentation of this battle, I felt like I was watching a movie lol. Great job!

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

Never saw anything to compare with this! Excellent!

[@evansmith3499]

Awesome video! Thanks for posting

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@thishominid871]

Arkansas in the Civil War is very interesting. I lived there for a few years and I noticed that even recently the attitudes of people in the state toward the USA and CSA reflect anger at whichever side occupied their area during the war.

[@Razorbacks1]

Most of Northwest and West Central Arkansas remained loyal to the United States throughout the war.

[@Razorbacks1]

The first vote on secession in Arkansas failed.

[@MrHSwager]

Really well done recreation of a seldom talked about, but important battle.

[@antoniopinto1579]

What a battle! Nicely documented. Was like a movie. 👍

[@TheGerman_Empire1]

A video about my home town 😳

[@xkguy]

Reminds me of Ben McCullough by Steve Earle. He has said his dad encouraged him to write about that Texan general.

[@williamstocker584]

I’ve never seen a video about this battle until now great job

[@timfrye3586]

Rewatching and re-appreciating! Great stuff!

[@rafnick44]

I didn't even know that there was a Pea Ridge in the States! Thanks for educating me!

[@btlnh2001]

My home town 👍

[@ashleymestrovich9029]

I grew up in pea ridge so growing up we always went to the military park and there is an overlook in the park that will take your breath away I've always wanted to take my boyfriend and I can't wait for him to see it

[@oliviermosimann6931]

Excellent gripping commentary of oft untold battles.

[@alannilsson6509]

I live in NW Arkansas. I feel as though I've been to the Pea Ridge Military Park now, although I have only drove past so many times without ever stopping. That may change now, once the Coof has subsided. Thank you Warhawk!

[@nightrunner3701]

Pfff you’ll be fine. Trust me, the living corpse of my 103yr old grandpa stuck in wheelchair and nursing home... testifies you will be fine. They tell us he had the coof at some point. Go out now. Without a mask. Put your faith in God you’ll be fine.

[@thomasmylan863]

Excellent graphics and excellent analysis!

[@tyrander1652]

I wish this had topography in addition to woods and fields.

[@rickybell2190]

It was mainly flat wooded terrain to be fair.

[@robertpayne2717]

Having been to several civil war battlefields Gettysburg, Shiloh, Maintained by the National Park Service and Prarie Grove by the Arkansas State Parks, Bryce Crossroads in Mississippi by the Mississippi State Park Service Pea Ridge by the National Park service I much prefer how well kept how well preserved Pea RIDGE and Shiloh are Maintained by the National Park Service. Moreso than Gettysburg... PEA RIDGE IS AMAZING IN how rugged the terrain is!

[@ethanminaj]

I live in pea ridge and one time my friend and I were smoking on a dirt road towards Missouri and a whole bunch of confederate soldiers passed by and we had to stop. We got home and thought we were tripping out but then found out they were doing a civil war reenactment lol

[@abandoned_ozarks]

This is incredible!

[@529wes]

Would have liked to have seen some photos of the battlefield or maybe a topographic map of the area to get a better idea of the terrain. Other than that great work...now I have a much better idea of what took place there in 1862.

[@georgepursley2832]

Thanks for the clear explanation. I had several relatives there with Pike. Now I have a better idea of what happened.

[@mickeyholding7970]

This battle was just one piece of bad luck after another for our Confederate Army. From the loss of 3 senior leaders to the lack of communication and general disorganization that stemmed from the decapitation of our leadership.

[@Xanthas998]

It was confederate misfortune combined with strong union leadership. If the union commanders hadn't made such good use of such outnumbered groupings on the first day, they may never have had a chance.

[@fredeblack]

I just wanted to thank you ahead of time for this video about Pea Ridge..one N of my great uncles received the medal of honor for N his heroics in this battle, and later his brother for the same in another battle and win for the North..the first two brothers to receive this honor Were both Captains in the Union Army. God rest their souls. From the Black Family Thanks and God Bless You! @WarhawkYT

[@johnqpublic2718]

This is one of two Civil War battle sights I've visited. For that I appreciate this vidja.

[@metarus208]

Keep 'em coming!

[@WarhawkYT]

Will do metarus208!

[@RalphReagan]

I had two great-grandfathers at this battle.

[@catdaddy3302]

I live about 15 miles the battlefield, and I know it pretty well. The park office had the bullet that killed Ben McCullough. The Ranger said it was a head shot. I saw the bullet on display. The narrator said it was a heart shot. Either way, Texas lost a helluva man! Deo Vindice.

[@SoulKiller7Eternal]

If the ranger says the man who killed McCullough was a sharpshooter (when he wasnt) it will tell you who is correct. Although the Pvt who made the shot, made a damn good shot, he wasn't a SS. He wore blue, not green. Berdan SS wore green.

[@chuckythedoll4815]

Freaking awesome video sir. Thank you!

[@WarhawkYT]

My pleasure!

[@dougreid2351]

WELL DONE!

[@MarkAndrewEdwards]

I appreciate the information and animation. Really good stuff. I wince a lot at the mis-pronunciation of names and other words, though.

[@austinreid1387]

Outstanding! Keep it up!!!

[@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite]

Superb as per usual, Saris! If I may ask, what prompted you to make a video combining both parts? Also, do you plan on making a video combining all three parts of Shiloh?

[@WarhawkYT]

Being a big fan of @historymarche, they would usually merge all their parts together into single video for those wanting to watch it all in a single sitting. Of course!

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

I feel the western theater of the war is often overlooked. Thanks for this video.

[@j3lny425]

Thank you for covering the war in the west

[@alanmoffat4454]

VERY GOOD UNDERSTOOD MOST OF WHAT 6OU SAID AND YOR MAP WORK EXCELLENT THANKS .

[@thesearcher118]

Went there in MAR 2001. Great video!

[@2serveand2protect]

Very well done. Good job.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

Huge shout out here to the great Grenville Dodge, The driving force for the success of the Union Pacific RR.

[@MrDavePed]

I learned a whole lot thanks. ..

[@americancivilwarukhistory9769]

great video thanks

[@columbaiona3081]

Excellent! You told it well.

[@asuperstraightpureblood]

These videos are awesome, i have to watch twice because there is so much detail. Have you covered the battle at prairie grove ark. ? G G grandfather fought there with the 94th Illinois.

[@carlhacker6852]

Have been a serious reader of the Civil War since mid-70's in 5-6th grade, Bruce Catton, and since, many, many, Civil War books and TV - Ken Burns, Battle Cry of Freedom, Army Staff College papers from greaduate school, Pea Ridge is one I have never, N.E.V.E.R. benn able to really understand becuasue of the terrain and distances, just too confusing. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@southenglish1]

As a native of Iowa City, hoorah for the Iowa volunteers and their victory at Pea Ridge!!

[@coffeecocaine8878]

Just visited the site today, it surprised me how close their lines were and how small the area was. Beautiful place but surreal to know that such a dramatic event occurred there.

[@jwhiskey242]

Van Dorn was an example of the "Peter Principal" - promoted to a level of incompetence. It is still questionable whether Pike's Indians scalped anyone - he denied it in public, in writing.

[@Razorbacks1]

Of course Pike did but factually his Indian soldiers did mutilate and scalp Union soldiers, often helpless because of injury. His other actions proved he was a black mark on the Confederacy and over 150 years later, the city of Fort Smith (south of Pea Ridge) finally acknowledged his actions by officially changing the names of an elementary school and other sites bearing his name.

[@fortusvictus8297]

Imagine having so little faith in your troops you tell them to just sit down while you go blindly forward in a movement to contact because you don't trust them to do the job...and leave no contingency orders.

[@nathangottschalk1049]

Great video keep up the the good work. I want to recommend a good book. In Deadly Earnest THE MISSOURI BRIGADE. Written by Phil Gottschalk. It really helps to tell the story of unit(including its involvement in pea ridge) through out the war. On a final note I would be awesome if you could cover the battle of pilot knob (in Missouri).

[@mavseveneightnine7379]

damn, both commanders taken out early in the fight.. any one who plays total war knows the pain

[@monkeymoo87]

The bombardment and charge sounded like something straight from a movie

[@MichaelPower212]

If I may repeat what Medievalist wrote, "This is literally the best video about the battle of Pea Ridge out there!" Most of what I know about this battle was from Shelby Foote's "Civil War - A Narrative," which I had assumed was well researched and presented. You, sir, have surpassed Mr. Foote's work. Looking forward to moving up along the calendar of your other works. Is it your intention to cover all significant engagements or just those that have not had the notoriety of the more well know known battles?

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Awesome thanks 💥💫💣💥💥 👍

[@larshenriksen4988]

A perfect presentation

[@tomr5021]

Very impressive video I live in S/W Missouri but I do most of my business in Pea Ridge Arkansas it would be nice to see a overlay of map from today Thanks

[@jimevert7099]

This is very good.

[@kevinr3935]

Excellent Presentation.....Perfect narration and graphics.....Thank You..... Kevin Rich

[@strumbum946]

Fun fact: Elkhorn Tavern sits next to part of the Cherokee Nation’s “Trail of Tears” Route that goes North towards Springfield, Missouri. The road was also used by the “Butterfield Overland Mail Company, aka “Overland Stage Company.” Elkhorn Tavern was also a rest/food stop used by “Overland Stagecoaches.” I Don’t know if the road is still visible today, but I walked a short distance on it in the late 1980s when I visited Pea Ridge National Battlefield...