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	Battle of Prairie Grove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Prairie Grove was a land battle of the American Civil War fought on 7 December 1862 that resulted in a tactical stalemate but essentially secured northwest Arkansas for the Union side.
		Though the battle was a tactical draw, it was a strategic victory for the Federal army as they remained in possession of the battlefield and Confederate fortunes in northwest Arkansas declined markedly from that point on.
		The Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park is nationally known as one of the most intact Civil War battlefields.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Prairie_Grove (1132 words)

	Prairie Grove, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prairie Grove is a city located in Washington County, Arkansas.
		Prairie Grove was the site of the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War.
		The result of the battle was a tactical stalemate which assured permanent Union control of northwest Arkansas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prairie_Grove,_Arkansas (460 words)

	Prarie Grove State Battlefield
		The battle of Prairie Grove, waged on December 7th, 1862, was one of the greatest and most decisive Union victories in the state of Arkansas during the Civil War.
		Prairie Grove State Battlefield Park is located in north-western Arkansas, near the town of Fayetteville.
		Prairie Grove State Battlefield Park is owned and administered by the State of Arkansas.
	www.cwbattlefields.com /battlefields/prairiegrove.html (592 words)

	The Civil War in Arkansas - Places \| Prairie Grove
		Description: The Battle of Prairie Grove was fought on December 7, 1862, between Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman's Army of the Trans-Mississippi and the Union General James Blunt's Army of the Frontier.
		Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park includes much of the area where the heaviest fighting occurred, and interprets the site and the battle through a modern museum, visitor center, and a driving tour.
		The Battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862
	www.civilwarbuff.org /prairie_grove.html (3910 words)

	Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The victory at Prairie Grove was decisive for the Federals.
		The victory at Prairie Grove was a much needed morale booster for the Union, enabling them to advance deeper south into the Arkansas River Valley.
		Samuel Jones, The Battle of Prairie Grove: December 7, 1862 (n.p.,1885), 24.
	www.uca.edu /divisions/academic/history/cahr/eddy.htm (3814 words)

	Media Information: Arkansas State Parks
		Prairie Grove is recognized nationally as one of America's most intact Civil War battlefields.
		The Battle of Prairie Grove was the last time two armies of almost equal strength faced each other for supremacy in northwest Arkansas.
		Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park closes one hour after sundown and the park museum is open from 8 a.m.
	www.arkansasstateparks.com /media/display.asp?id=567 (940 words)

	Prairie Grove Chamber of Commerce Northwest Arkansas Industry Business
		Prairie Grove residents enjoy insurance rates that are among the lowest in the state due to its Fire Department having received a Class 3 ISO Rating.
		Prairie Grove Lake, 3 miles to the south, is a small lake restricted to boats with no motors.
		Prairie Grove is a 35 minute drive from the Northwest Regional Airport (XNA) with daily service to virtually any spot in the country.
	www.pgchamber.com (985 words)

	The Morning News :: News Page
		PRAIRIE GROVE -- Ed Smith welcomed sons of Civil War veterans to the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park and helped kindergartners understand how different the world was in the 1860s.
		The park that commemorates the Dec. 7, 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove served as his family's home since he came there in 1977 from a job as a park ranger at Lake Dardanelle State Park.
		The Prairie Grove superintendent had retired that week, Smith said, and the state park division didn't have anyone else working at that time who was knowledgeable about Civil War history.
	nwaonline.com /articles/2005/10/30/news/fayetteville/02smith.txt (1140 words)

	THE WILDS OF ARKANSAS Battle of Prairie Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As he was looking over the ground, feeling the enemy's position and searching for places to convey his artillery across the crook, the rebels directed the fire of all their guns upon the General and his staff, whom they saw exposed to view at the side of their pieces.
		As the sun rose over the prairie no foe was to be seen, and the men of our victorious army grasped each other's hands, blending their voices in such a cheer of victory as is not often heard.
		The victory of Prairie Grove deserves to be ranked among the most important battles of the war.
	stellar-one.com /arkansas_history/wilds_of_arkansas_battle_of_prairie_grove.htm (2035 words)

	David B. Arthur Diary, 1862-63
		The battle was the outcome of a Confederate offensive by Thomas Hindman against the Union division of James Blunt, positioned in northwest Arkansas more than one hundred miles south of the Army of the Frontier's two remaining divisions (commanded by Francis Herron).
		The ensuing battle was a tactical stalemate but a strategic victory for the Union; the Confederates withdrew during the night and never again threatened Federal primacy in northwest Arkansas or in Missouri.
		But the testimonial written to his wife shortly after the battle ("Well Mary I have been in a severe hand to hand fight old soldiers say as severe as any fight that has been fought during the war") is, given the circumstances, understandable.
	www.rarebooks.nd.edu /digital/civil_war/diaries_journals/arthur/index.shtml (1159 words)

	NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source
		Prairie Grove is one of the few battlefields in the region that allows weapons to be fired.
		There were 12,000 Confederates fighting 10,000 Union soldiers at Prairie Grove, with families divided in philosophy and brothers often fighting brothers.
		The battle at Prairie Grove was minor, compared to others in the Civil War, Montgomery says.
	www.nwanews.com /story.php?paper=adg§ion=Style&storyid=100685 (1591 words)

	Nevada Daily Mail: Story: The Third Cup
		By December he was in the horrible battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas with at least one of his brothers, George.
		Here is a part of that report depicting the battlefield after the fierce battle the day before: "Daylight brought the horrors of war to reality.
		One source said two to three hundred men died of illness caused fever unrelated to battle injuries in the Battle of Prairie Grove.
	www.nevadadailymail.com /story/1076331.html (770 words)

	Battle of Vicksburg -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Vicksburg or Siege of Vicksburg was the final significant battle in the (additional info and facts about Vicksburg Campaign) Vicksburg Campaign of the (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865) American Civil War.
		Just before the battle, Grant had captured (additional info and facts about Jackson, Mississippi) Jackson, Mississippi, and Pemberton retreated to the west.
		Over half of Pemberton's army of 17,500 had been lost in the two preceding battles, and every rebel expected General (additional info and facts about Joseph E. Johnston) Joseph E. Johnston, in overall command of Confederate forces in Mississippi, to ride in and save the day—which he never did.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_vicksburg.htm (1689 words)

	Tales the Tombstones Tell Page 21-25
		In the item it named the battlefield of Prairie Grove, Ark. Somewhere in a cemetery in Richland county we had noticed a stone which told of a soldier boy being killed at the battle of Prairie Grove.
		When the stone for the "Yankees" is placed at the Prairie Grove battlefield it will be in honor and in grateful memory of some Richland county solders of the Civil War.
		Morris Sexton, who gave up his life at Prairie Grove, was a son of E. Sexton, founder of the village of Sextonville, and the death of the son was a sad blow to the father.
	www.monticellowi.com /RichlandCo/TalesPage21.htm (2743 words)

	The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War
		Julia West was fourteen years old when she viewed the carnage and destruction of the battle at Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
		She was not the only young spectator at the battle, but she did have one of the best views of the conflict.
		The southern troops waited atop the heavily-wooded Prairie Grove ridge stretching from the large yellow two-story Borden House on the east end to the small log Morton House on the west end of the ridge.
	www.cr.nps.gov /NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/70prairie/70prairie.htm (331 words)

	Prairie Grove
		At the height of the battle, Confederates charged almost literally into the cannon's mouth as Blunt's artillery concentrated to the front of his line.
		See Prairie Grove, a small portion of which is preserved today as Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, but farmland and woods still cover much of the area.
		Consult the Prairie Grove Bibliography, the Transmississippi Theatre Bibliography, and the appropriate volumes of the Official Records.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Quad/6460/CW/b/21207PG.html (399 words)

	The Battle of Prairie Grove - Lieunt John Black
		DECEMBER 7, 1862.--Battle of Prairie Grove, Fayetteville, or Illinois Creek, Ark.
		We were speedily aroused by the cannon of General Herron's advance, skirmishing with the enemy, some 12 miles in advance.
		Moving rapidly forward, we reached the Illinois Creek, and, crossing it, took position on the battle-field of Prairie Grove at 12 m.
	www.cswnet.com /~gdavenpo/prairgrove.htm (899 words)

	Social studies, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
		The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Shattered Dream examines a Civil War battle known as the "Gettysburg of the West." Texans invaded this mountain valley, intent on conquering New Mexico.
		The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War helps students place the Battle of Prairie Grove in the context of Arkansas' role in the Civil War.
		The Battle of Stones River: The Soldiers' Story provides readings, maps, and visual representations of this battle near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which was the second bloodiest battle fought west of the Appalachians during the Civil War.
	wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov /cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?start=101&AUD=0&DSORT=title&DSORTDIR=asc&DTYPE=description&OVERRIDE_DEBUG_MODE=DEBUG&RECORDSPERPAGE=20&SID=9&SUBID=0 (1257 words)

	20th inf ia & reb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After the battle, the army went into encampment on the field, and the dead having been buried and the wounded removed to hospitals at Fayetteville, there remained until after Christmas, taking that rest which the troops of the Second and Third Divisions, in especial, so much needed.
		The march thither from the encampment on Prairie Grove began early on the morning of December 27th.
		Such, in brief was the combat of Sterling Farm, or the Battle of Fordoche, as it was called by the rebels&emdash;a combat which ought never to have been fought, but which was waged by Lieutenant-Colonel Leake and his command with heroic courage and in the best manner possible.
	lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us /iacivilwar/Resources/20th_inf_ia_&_reb.htm (6807 words)

	GORP - Arkansas State Parks - Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
		Visitors to Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park are given a view of the total effect of the Civil War on the people of the Ozarks.
		The museum in Hindman Hall and self-guided walking and driving tours give visitors an understanding of the Battle of Prairie Grove, while the interpretive emphasis in the Ozark village focuses on the effect of war on Ozark life.
		Prairie Grove marked the last major Civil War engagement in northwest Arkansas.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/ar/parks/prair_gr.htm (1085 words)

	Battle of Prairie Grove Arkansas
		Blunt had been in camp at Cane Hill and was bvpassed by General T.C. Hindman's army on the night of December 6.
		On the night before the battle of Prairie Grove, Confederate General T.C. Hindman met with his division and brigade commanders in this house and made final plans for battle.
		The army left the Morrow farm for Prairie Grove at 4 o'clock on the morning of December 7, 1862.
	www.geocities.com /civil_war_anderson/PrairieGrovePhoto.html (193 words)

	Techography - Battle of Prairie Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Confederate General Thomas Hindman took his Army of the Trans Mississippi and confronted the Union Army of the Frontier under the command of Generals James G Blunt and Francis Herron in Prarie Grove, Arkansas.
		One soldier stated the ground was “muddy with blood” on the hillside where Confederate cannons under the Command of Captain William D. Blocher sat during the battle.
		The town of Prairie Grove, ironically, was named not for the churchbut from the battle, which was named for the church.
	www.techography.com /article.php?story=20050515083040489 (1728 words)

	ARP3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There were continual reconnaissance's and many skirmishes prior to the fatal battle at Prairie Grove, and in one of these engagements Avra Russell received a slight wound.
		On December 6 came the engagement at Reed's Mountain and this was immediately followed by the battle of Prairie Grove--the battle with Hindman's army.
		This was on December 7, and he did not die until the 12th, lingering five days in the field hospital near Prairie Grove.
	www.rchs.russellks.net /Avra_P__Russell/ARP2/ARP3/arp3.html (653 words)

	Report of Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt, Battle of Prairie Grove
		The enemy's killed and wounded between 1,500 and 2,000; a large proportion of them killed, One hundred of their wounded have died since the battle, and a large proportion of others are wounded mortally, showing the terrible effect of my artillery.
		Upon my advance falling back, the rebels came forward a short distance and formed in line of battle, their right resting on the mountain, their left extending down the valley, and presenting a front of half a mile.
		For their deeds of valor upon the field of Prairie Grove, their native States may well be proud of them.
	members.aol.com /wis20th/or/or4.html (2617 words)

	Prairie Grove - Jackson Gamers' American Civil War Game
		General James Blunt's division of 7,000 men stood at Prairie Grove, about 15 miles south of Fayetteville.
		But now Blunt, who had heard the battle sounds to his rear, came up to strike Hindman's left flank.
		One of the Union "sharpshooters" really was a marksman, and he killed both Confederate sharpshooters and one of the Confederate Divisional commanders.
	www.angelfire.com /games3/jacksongamer/p_grove.htm (996 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862 was the last time armies of almost equal strength fought for supremacy in northwest Arkansas.
		When the confederates withdrew from the bloody battlefield at midnight due to a shortage of ammunition, it became clear that Missouri would remain under Union control and that northwest Arkansas would soon be occupied by Federal forces.
		Responding to a cry for reinforcements was Brigadier General Francis Jay Herron who placed two Union divisions on a furious march of over one hundred miles in three and a half days, arriving in Fayetteville at midnight December 6th with about 5,000 men.
	www.andythomas.com /WEB_STORIES/PrairieGroveStory.htm (314 words)

	The Turner Brigade: Recent Brigade Activities--Prairie Grove, Arkansas
		Company K took one gun to Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on a winter campaign and helped repulse a Rebel army in desperate fighting on December 2-3, 2000.
		The battery was engaged in three battles, one on Saturday and two on Sunday.
		And, as far as Sunday morning's battle is concerned, I don't think anyone ever figured out who the winner was, so I won't count that as a win.
	home.earthlink.net /~turnerbrigade/rc001202.htm (742 words)

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