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| BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE ARKANSAS |
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| Re-enactment December 7-8, 1996 Prairie Grove Battlefied State Park |
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| Terrain over which Blunt advanced |
| PHOTOS |
| photos courtesy of Russell T. Johnson The Arkansas Roadside Travelogue |
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| Photos Prairie Grove Battlefied State Park |
| photos courtesy of Bruce Schulze CivilWarAlbum.com webmaster |
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| Morrow House |
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| Visitor's Center Diorama |
| Interior of Officer's Tent |
| Borden House & Orchard |
| Site Marker: From this spot the viewer is observing the trrrain over which General James G. Blunt's 1st division advanced on the afternoon of December 7, 1862, to attack the Confederates left and relieve the pressure on General F.J. Herron's 2nd and 3rd Divisions which had been engaged since early morning. Blunt had been in camp at Cane Hill and was bvpassed by General T.C. Hindman's army on the night of December 6. Blunt marched his men to Rhea's Mill on Sunday morning, December 7, and entered the battle here at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. |
| Site Marker: Confederate Headquarters This house, built about 1855, was the home of the John Morrow family, and originally stood on Cove Creek 9 miles south of here. 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. This house also sheltered General Sterling Price in February 1862 when Price's army was enroute to the battle of Pea Ridge. |