Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Van Dorn” in chapter 19, page 259 of Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865:
...on the 17th of February.
He hoped to be joined, before the end of March, by General Johnston's command, of about thirteen thousand men—exclusive of cavalry—then arriving at Decatur; and General Van Dorn , at Van Buren, Arkansas, had promised, at that time, his co-operation with an army of nearly twenty thousand. General Beauregard had sent Van Dorn all the
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