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.
Earl Van Dorn
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.
· Van Cleve, Horatio (Union General) · Van Dorn, Earl (Confederate General)
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The Union commander was Brigadier General Samuel Curtis, the Confederate Comamnder was Major General Earl Van Dorn.
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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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The Confederate Army of the West began with General Earl Van Dorn in command from January to March of 1862, followed by General John P. McCown from March to July, and General Sterling Price commanded from July to September of 1862.
Cavalry General Earl Van Dorn led a raiding party into General US Grant's supply base in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The raid was a success and the base, commanded by Colonel R.C. Murphy was caught by surprise. Van Dorn's troops burned over over one million dollars worth of food, supplies and equipment.