Elkhorn Tavern - March 8 1862 - Garfield, AR - 'You Are Here' Maps on Waymarking.com

County of markers: Benton County
Location of markers: Elkhorn Tavern, Old Wire Rd. & Park Military Rd., Pea Ridge National Battlefield
Markers erected by: National Park Service

Marker 2:

Elkhorn Tavern
March 8, 1862 With the Union army intact, Confederates faced a second day of battle.

   1. Union cannon opened fire.
   2. Confederates guns replied.
   3. More Union artillery swept the base and crest of Pea Ridge.
   4. By 10 a.m. Confederate ammunition ran low.
   5. The Confederates withdrew, some eastward.
   6. The rest back to Williams Hollow then east.
   7. Union troops mistakenly pursued stragglers up Telegraph Road.

Again a more detail account can be read at the Civil War Trust.

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"The original Elkhorn Tavern was built around 1833 by William Reddick and his son-in-law Samuel Burks. In 1858 Burks sold the house and the 313 acres to Jesse & Polly Cox for $3600.00 Cox made several improvements to the tavern including adding white-painted weatherboarding to the exterior and a set of stairs leading to the upper porch. The stairs allowed members of the Benton County Baptist Society to meet at the house without having to go through a "public house". Another addition was a set of elk horns that Cox placed on the ridgepole, which gave the tavern its name." ~ GEO*Trailblazer 1

Location Name: Elkhorn Tavern - Pea Ridege National Battlefield

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