$Intro <FONT=HelpHeader,C,8,12,24>PR MP01-March 7-Pea Ridge, Leetown
   
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Length of Play:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 60 minutes
 
<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>CSA Forces: 
<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>7958 troops
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>USA Forces: 
<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>6855 troops
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Scenario Author:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Randy Keen "RebBugler"
 
 
