Albert Pike
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Albert Pike was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865
Pike in Masonic regalia by Mathew Brady
Pike, about 1850
The Albert Pike Memorial
Battle of Pea Ridge
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The Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place during the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Federal forces, led by Brigadier Genera
Albert Pike
…Indian cavalry, most of whom belonged to the "civilized tribes", whose loyalty to the Confederacy was variable. Although initially victorious at the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in March 1862, Pike's unit was defeated later in a counterattack, after falling into disarray. When Pike was ordered in May 1862 to…
Harper's Weekly sketch of the battle by J.F. Gookins
Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, Commanding
Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, 1st and 2d Divisions
Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, Commanding