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THE WAR IN MISSOURI 67
General James McIntosh, who had just been promoted
to brigadier-general, commanded the cavalry.
Brigadier-General Samuel R. Curtis, who commanded
the Federal Army in our front, was concentrating
his forces near Elkhorn Tavern and Pea
Ridge, near the Arkansas and Missouri line.
After the ambush and skirmish alluded to above,
General Sigel moved on northward with his command
and we moved on in the same direction, and near
nightfall camped by the roadside. Here, as we
had neither food for man nor forage for beast, I
started out to procure a feed of corn for my horse,
if possible; riding west from camp, perhaps five
miles, before I succeeded. For a while at first
I searched corncribs, but finding them all empty I
began searching under the beds, and succeeded in
obtaining fifteen or twenty ears. Part of this I fed
to my horse, part of it I ate myself, and carried
part of it on for the next night.
We were now near the enemy. Leaving camp about
two hours before daylight, we made a detour to the
left, passed the enemy's right flank, and were in his
rear near Pea Ridge. General Price, accompanied
by General Van Dorn, passed around his left and
gained his rear near Elkhorn Tavern, where General
Van Dorn established his headquarters. About 10.30
A. M. we heard General Price's guns, as he began the
attack. Our cavalry was moving in a southeasterly
direction toward the position of General Sigel's command,
and near Leetown, in columns of fours, abreast,
the Third Texas on the right, then the Sixth and
Ninth Texas, Brook's Arkansas battalion, and a
battalion of Choctaw Indians, forming in all, five
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/74/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.