✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Pea Ridge

March 7–8, 1862 · Benton County

Result Union victory

Union forces defeated a larger Confederate army at Pea Ridge in Arkansas. The victory secured Missouri for the Union.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Franz Sigel military commander
Benjamin McCulloch military commander Sterling Price military commander Earl Van Dorn military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
10,50011,250, 12,000
Casualties
1,349
Killed
203203, 203
Wounded
980980, 980
Missing
201201, 200, 201
Guns
49
Strength
16,50014,000, 16,000
Casualties
c. 2,0004,600
Wounded
600
Missing
200500
Guns
72

Units

Army of the Southwest 2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union)
Army of the West (1862) Missouri State Guard

Also involved 1