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Title: The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery
Publisher: Hartford : O.D. Case & Co. Chicago : Geo. & C.W. Sherwood
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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Rebels. Osterhaus advanced with great gal-lantry from Leetown nearly to theBentonville road, on which he foundthe enemy moving rapidly in greatforce toward Elkhorn Tavern, whereMcCuUochs attack upon Carr wasalready in progress. Assailed in turnby greatly superior numbers, he wassoon driven back in disorder, withthe loss of his battery. Col. Davis,who had been ordered by Curtis tosupport Carr, was now directed toadvance through Leetown to the res-cue of Osterhaus, which he did withsuch vigor and determination that,though largely outnumbered and re-peatedly compelled to recoil, his divi.sion held the ground assigned them,losing two guns of Davidsons bat-tery by the sudden advance of theenemy when their horses were disa-bled, but regaining them by a des-perate charge of the 18th Indiana,wliich, with the 22d, was honorablyconspicuous throughout the day. Col,Hendricks, of the 22d, was killedwhile leading a charge of his regi-ment. Night closed on this division, THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE. 29
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sinking weary but undaunted on thefield it had so nobly won—a field red-dened by the blood of many of theirfoes, including Gens. McCulloch andMcintosh, both mortally wounded. Carr was so fearfully overmatchedtlirougliout the day that, though al-ways presenting a bold front to theenemy, he was compelled to giveground, sending repeated and urgentrepresentations to Gen. Curtis thathe could hold out but little lono-erunless reenfurced. Curtis sent himtiom time to time a battalion or afew light guns, with orders to perse-vere ; and at length, at 2 p. m., find-ing his left wholly un assailed, orderedGen. Asboth to move to the rightby the Fayetteville road to ElkhornTavern, to support Carr, while Gen.Sigel sliould reenforce Davis at Lee-town, pushing on to Elkhorn if notneeded in the center. Gen. Curtis, with Asboths divi-sion, reached Elkhorn at 5 p. m. He found Carr still fiercely fighting, hav-ing received three or four shots, oneof which inflicted a severe wound.Many of his field offic

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