$Intro <FONT=HelpHeader,C,8,12,24>PR01-March 7-McCulloch at Leetown (C-Div)
   
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Length of Play:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 60 minutes
 

<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Command:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Brigadier General Ben McCulloch 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Date:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 7 March 1862
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Time Span:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 12:00 Noon to 4:30 P.M. (game-clock: 12:00 - 1:00) 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Location:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Northwest Arkansas, Leetown, Benton County
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Weather:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Partly cloudy and cold, just above freezing 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Situation:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Rather than attack Gen. Samuel R. Curtis' fortifications at Little Sugar Creek, Confederate Gen. Earl Van Dorn proposed to march around the Union right flank and strike the Federals in the vicinity of Elkhorn Tavern.  In the course of the maneuver however, Van Dorn's two wings under Gen. Benjamin McCulloch and Gen. Sterling Price were divided and compelled to advance on two roughly parallel roads, separated by Pea Ridge.  McCulloch's 8,000 Confederates—veterans of Wilson's Creek—marched east on Ford Road where they were set upon by Federal cavalry under Cyrus Bussey.  Bussey's attack bought Union division commander Peter J. Osterhaus precious time to bring up his infantry. 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Mission:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Secure all objectives along with the standing order: "the destruction of the Union force"
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Victory Conditions:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
  5000 = Major Victory
  4500 = Minor Victory   (Minimum Score for CarryOver)       
  3000 = Draw
  2500 = Minor Defeat
  2000 = Major Defeat

 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Forces Available: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>7958
 
McCulloch's Division, Brigadier General Ben McCulloch
 
Infantry Brigade, Colonel Louis Hebert
4th Arkansas Infantry
14th Arkansas Infantry
15th Arkansas Infantry
16th Arkansas Infantry
17th Arkansas Infantry
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
3rd Louisiana Infantry
4th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted) 	
 
Cavalry Brigade, Brigadier General James McIntosh	
3rd Texas Cavalry
6th Texas Cavalry
9th Texas Cavalry
11th Texas Cavalry
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
1st Texas Cavalry Battalion 	
 
Pike's Brigade, Brigadier General Albert Pike
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 
2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 
Drew's Cherokee Mounted Rifles
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw
1st Creek Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 
Welch's Texas Cavalry Squadron 
 
Artillery
Hart's Arkansas Battery (4 guns)
Provence's Arkansas Battery (4 guns)
Good's Texas Battery (6 guns)
Gaines' Arkansas Battery (4 guns) 	
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Opposing Forces: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>Elements of the 1st and 2nd Divisions, 3567 troops
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Scenario Author:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Randy Keen "RebBugler"
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Author's Notes: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
- Objectives award 1000 bonus points each, six minutes activated.
- Death to certain commanding officers will result in some or all of their units being locked...emulating historic events.
- Study the cavalry units weapons' ranges, short ranged (60 yds.) units are highly vulunerable to musket fire.  They should be held back out of range and used for charge and melee actions only.
- To learn more about the troop positions and movements on the Pea Ridge battlefield check out the included folder: Battle Map Extras.
- The 'Pea Ridge.doc' included in the OOBs folder is John Bonin's research and notes pertaining to the CSA OOB, and is what this OOB is based on.
 
 
Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch
November 11, 1811 – March 7, 1862
 
Unlike many generals who served during the Civil War, Benjamin McCulloch did not receive formal military training prior to the outbreak of war.  Born in Tennessee, McCulloch moved to Texas in 1835 along with Davy Crockett.  He fought with the Texas army in the Battle of San Jacinto against Mexican forces, and went on to serve during the Mexican American War under Zachary Taylor.  When Texas seceded from the Union in February of 1861, McCulloch led a group of Texas state troops as a colonel and forced Union general David Twiggs to surrender arms and equipment in San Antonio.  On May 11, 1861, McCulloch received a commission as brigadier general in the Confederate army, and was placed in charge of troops in Arkansas.  McCulloch received praise for his service during the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, where he led his poorly armed men to victory over Union general Nathanial Lyon.   After Wilson’s Creek, McCulloch was put under the command of General Earl Van Dorn, and participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge on March 7, 1862, in Arkansas.  During the battle, while leading an attack against Union positions, McCulloch was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest fired by a Union sharpshooter.  


