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Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove: A Battlefield Guide, with a Section on Wire Road (This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil War Battlefields)

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Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove were three of an important battles fought west of the Mississippi River all over the Civil War. They influenced the course of the first half of the war in that region by shaping Union military efforts even as significantly contributing to Confederate defeat. Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove, the first book to offer a detailed guide to these battlefields, takes the visitor step by step through the major sites of each and every engagement. With a large number of maps and illustrations that support the authors’ descriptions of what happened at each and every stop, the book also includes analytical accounts explaining tactical problems associated with each and every battle in addition to vignettes evoking for readers the personal experience of those who fought there.
 
An indispensable companion for the battlefield visitor, this guide offers not only touring information and driving tours of sites associated with the campaigns that led to the battles, but also a brief history of each and every battle and an overview of the larger strategy and tactics of the military action through which these battles figured.

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