Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-01

,ss showed what great service could be
rndercl the Confcdcraoy 10y mountedmon
III by dashing commanders. Van Dorm
h,l ali Of Forests personal courage and
rsile.s cnergy. and he had az the outset
vb,i Forrest won only by slow and piiuiul
sfari-the confidence aud approval II his
supfriors, and nj the moment Of his tragic
de.ih was At the head Of corps Of cavalry
An deld Offering every advantage Tor bril-.
liant results Forrest was at the tlmn a
br.t4de commander under Van Dorm and
the death Of the leader broke up the corps.
Van Dorm entered the fight IN 1851 with
The prestige Of trained West Point sol.
dler Who had seen hard service. and, more.
over. be WIS u ctvalrymnn with a record.
Ila had served In the border troubles In
Mexico. and against the wild Apnches and
Camnuchrs, aud his name was familiar
one 10 many home IN the southwest,
where the veterans Of those wars rccouutcd
The dccds VI their comrades Into the rcocp.
tive ears Of tho boys growing up 60 be- war
fIor.. too. when tho timo came. IN tho
news from Corro Gorlo Van Dorm had
loen gnkcttcl hero. 90. too. NJ Churu.
buseo, Chapultepcc, and the gates u Mex.
Eco he had come oil with acnnl aud hrryets
When the Southern army WIS regularly
orfnlfoi Van Dorn's rrumouuA was
fip'd. for he was under tho eyes Of mcn
who knew lila record. aud. Ia fac,, had
served with him while ho was making II.
lie entered tho Confederate service ms col.
oncl ~ cavalry In March, 1901. and before
the YEAR closed was major general com.
manding the tunsmissusippi depart.
rent This last assignment was given
him while be was 10 Virginia. lle has.
tened 10 the field of action. which was
along the Missouri aud Arkansas border.
with biz plaus nll laid FOE u campaign. llo
would attack r. Louis break up the
Union headquarters thou. eros. to Illinois
hnd erect powerful batteries. aud 10 con.
trol thoupuer Mississippi channel aud hold
Missouri 10 the Conicdcmcy
The people NJ the wet who sided with
the Confedcrtcy took hops. Tor they looked
upon the dnshiug ami graceful. though
small staturtd Van Dorm. o. young Va.
plloon and savior Gen, sterling pr.o1
wns ni the bead ufan army OF Mlssourinus
organized for state defence against tho
Federal government, aud lay 10 Springfield,
IN the southwestern part of the state. Van
Dorm nc once ordered all tho Confederate
forces In the southwest o. report 10 price
audit his own headquarters nt pucahonfas,
Just across the border Ia Arkansas. Befnr,
Recommendation OF iorucs could be- effected
Price was driven out Of Springfield aud
hcruss the border BY u strong Union force
under Gen. ;, II, Curtis Van Dorm then
tunnel bis attention To Curtis and pushed
All The scattering dotachncnts forwnri 10
pfos eaiap. Carts had followed Price
iilo Arkansas aud held strong position
L tie mountains On tho ith " March.
ia Van Dorm moved against Curtis with
400 men. divided into Two columns. \
force o. 1000 mrn. lei by Gems Ben No
Culloch aud JAMES Mcintosh, wis ordered
10 bsgln a direct attack, while Van Dorm
and Prizes would make q dctour and strike
the Union arnyun the flank. This thrn.
ing column was pushed out on the night u
The Oh with secrecy aud boldncss worthy
oia "Stoucwall" jackson.
The bnttlo was Joined on an sides on tho
afternoon NJ tho 'th " March on the field
Known ~ Pea Ridge. The column under
Van poru and Price carried everything be.
fore IL, hut nightfnll put stop To tho
movement, Just when victory was within
gpsp. McCullooh aud Mcintosh had not
done 30 well however Both ~ these lead.
~ had fallen, and Gen. urlicrt, who took
chief command when they fell, was a
prisoner On tie morning Of the sth Van
Dorm found that Curtis had taken up a
now position. aud that the main column IL
hs own army was badly broken up by It's
experiences Of tho previous day. lie re-.
heAed the battle without success,