The Pea Ridge Campaign of 1862

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  @waynelayton8568 · 2 years ago

  A southern soldier, a prisoner of war was asked  why are you fighting? He said  because you're down here.

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• UN

  @Unomaximus · 1 year ago

  I had a descendant of Samuel Curtis as a doctor once. Really chilling to see his picture and how close his descendant resembles him.

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• FO

  @forexed8948 · 3 years ago

  I've been to this field twice and both times I felt I was being watched

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• JA

  @jamesrichardson3322 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I have been wanting to buy this film 🎥 since forever!! This is freaking awesome!!

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• MI

  @michaelpepper2026 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Thank y'all for putting these old documentaries up. They may have many a thing in them wrong with uniforms and so on, (old reenactments from the good ole days), and may only be a primer history wise with some a little off, but ones like this one are still among the best made.

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  @charlestemple634 · 2 years ago

  Two of my g-g-grandfathers were at Pea Ridge, each with a brother by his side. William Burwell Temple and brother John were with the 6th Texas Cavalry. Charles Graves Ward and brother Henry served in the 9th Iowa Infantry. At Pea Ridge, Charles Ward was wounded in the left arm and brother Henry was killed right by his side. Charles' wound prevented him from fighting anymore, but he insisted on continuing to serve as an enlisted aide and wasn't discharged until July 1865. William and John Temple both saw some serious combat at Pea Ridge but survived without injuries. Their 6th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) was later involved in the Second Battle of Corinth where William suffered a slight wound and brother John was killed right by his side. William was only in a field hospital for a couple of days and returned to service. He was furloughed in late 1864 due a serious disease infection from which he never fully recovered. Heart pounding stories!

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  @SoldierOfTheLord2025 · 2 years ago

  It's a neat place to visit

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• RO

  @RoadsideRabbit · 6 months ago

  God bless our Southern men

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• MA

  @mareerogers364 · 3 years ago

  Thanks for this great film and comments noting some inaccuracies. This brings history to life. Child contraband Cathay Williams was a witness at Pea Ridge. At wars end she went back to Missouri changed her name to William Cathay,disguised herself as a man and joined the 38th Infantry Regiment. In 1866 she became the 1st Black documented women in the US regular army.<br>She served until 1866.

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  @1warerick · 1 year ago

  A very good documentary! But I&apos;m biased, &apos;cause I was in it! ❤

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  @SoldierOfTheLord2025 · 2 years ago

  I live about 15 miles from there.

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  @Razorbacks1 · 3 years ago

  The importance of the US Army of the Southwest and its victory at Pea Ridge can not be overestimated. Missouri and Arkansas would never again be in Confederate hands and St. Louis and Little Rock and the Mississippi River belonged to the Federals all the way south to near Vicksburg.

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