Pea Ridge National Military Park
P.O. Box 700
Pea Ridge, AR 72751-0700

Phone: 501-451-8122

The victory here on March 7-8, 1862, in one of the major battles of the Civil War west of the Mississippi, allowed the Union to maintain control of Missouri, thus assisting the strategic Mississippi campaign. Among the Confederate troops at Pea Ridge were about 1,000 Cherokee and Choctaw-Chickasaw Indians.