|
(2011)
Enlarge Battlefield Tour
Stop 12: Morton House Site
Tour Guide: The William Morton house was near this location. Men of
the 10th and 13th Kansas Infantry advanced to the Morton blacksmith shop
south of here, which sat where the Prairie Grove School is today. Unable to
break through the Confederate lines in front of him, General Blunt ordered
his troops to withdraw into the valley late in the day
William J. Bechmann III photo |
|
(2011)
Enlarge Battlefield Tour Stop 13: Confederate Left Flank
Tour Guide: General Daniel M. Frost’s Confederate division rested on
this road. A brigade of dismounted Texas cavalry, under the command of
General John S. Roane, positioned themselves to the northeast. Colonel
Walter P. Lane’s 1st Texas Partisan Cavalry guarded the Confederate left
flank in the woods to the northwest
William J. Bechmann III photo |
|
(2011)
Enlarge Battlefield
Tour Stop 14: Prairie Grove Church
Tour Guide: The original one-room log building
stood in almost the same spot as the present structure. General Hindman used
the church as his headquarters during the battle. Afterwards, both sides
used it as a hospital. The battle received its name from this simple
structure. The town of Prairie Grove, established in 1888, got its name from
the Civil War battle
William J. Bechmann III photo |
|
(2011)
Enlarge Confederate
Soldiers (painting by Andy
Thomas)
William J. Bechmann III photo |
