General Earl Van Dorn lost the Confederate attempt to control northwestern Arkansas. He later lost the Second Battle of Corinth. He was never given command of another Confederate army. He did receive the command of a cavalry unit in 1863. That same year he was murdered by a man claiming Van Dorn was having an affair with his wife.
Earl Van Dorn
Confederate General Earl Van Dorn graduated from West Point in 1842. He ranked fifty second in a graduating class of fifty six. Van Dorn saw major actions in the Western Theater of the US Civil War.He led the Confederate forces in the Union victory of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
· Van Cleve, Horatio (Union General) · Van Dorn, Earl (Confederate General)
The Union commander was Brigadier General Samuel Curtis, the Confederate Comamnder was Major General Earl Van Dorn.
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· Earl Van Dorn (Confederate General) · Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War) · Edward C. Walthall (Confederate General) · Ezra Church (Georgia), battle of
Earl Van Dorn was born on 1820-09-17.
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CSS Virginia was a Confederate ironclad warship. Horatio Van Cleve was a Union General during the war. Earl Van Dorn was a Confederate General during the Civil War. The siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi was a battle during the war.
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Union General Horatio Van Cleve and Confederate General Earl Van Dorn were military leaders during the Civil War. Vicksburg, Mississippi was the scene of a battle during the Civil War.