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The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
Army of the Southwest Pea Ridge, Ark, March 9, 1862. General: On Thursday, the 6th instant, the enemy commenced an attack on my right wing, assailing and following the rear-guard of a detachment under Gen. Seigel to my main lines on Sugar Creek Mellow, but ceased firing when he met my reinforcements, about 4 P. M. During the night I been convinced that he had moved on so as to attack my right or rear, therefore, early on the 7th, I ordered a change of front to the right, my right, which then became my left, still resting on Sugar Creek Hallow. This brought my line across Pea Ridge, with my new right resting on Head Cross Timber Hollow, which is the head of Big Sugar Creek. I also ordered an immediate advance of the cavalry, and light artillery, under Col. Osterhaus, with orders to attack and break what I supposed would be the reinforced lines of the enemy. This movement was in progress, when the enemy, at 11 A. M., commenced on attack on my right. The right contin