Leetown Battlefield - March 7, 1862 - Pea Ridge National Battlefield, Garfield, AR
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YoSam.
N 36° 26.704 W 094° 03.142
15S E 405686 N 4033829
The after noon of the battle at Leetown and the killings.
Waymark Code: WMN930
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2015
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County of markers: Benton County
Location of markers: Stop 4 turnout, Park Military Rd., Pea Ridge National Battlefield
Markers erected by: National Park Service
Marker 2:
Leetown
Afternoon
March 7, 1862
The reinforced Union line held.
1. Artillery fire broke up the Indian unit.
2. Continued cavalry attacks failed.
3. Confederate Generals McCulloch and
4. McIntosh were killed in quick succession.
5. A new Confederate drive succeeded briefly, but
6. The Union counterattack captured
7. Colonel Hébert.
The Southern drive was halted ad repulsed.
This next stop is Leetown Waystation. First you should try and imagine thsse fields filled with soldiers,, artillery and cavalry. A young soldier from the state of Illinois looking across these fields noticed a Confederate officer emerging from the woods to the northwest.
He raised his rifled musket and fired and the officer second in command in the Confederate forces fell dead.
Marker Text:
Shooting of Ben McCulloch
Ben McCulloch commanding Confederate troops north of Leetown, fell about 2 p.m. while riding out to examine the Union position. Private Pelican, 36th Illinois Infantry, probably fired the shot.