For ten points name this March 1862 battle, the largest fought west of the Mississippi.
En route from his Pocahontas headquarters, one commander of this battle fell into a stream and became ill, and after the battle, he would fail to relocate his troops for the Battle of Shiloh. The plan of the numerically superior Confederate force was to rout Union troops at McKissick's Creek and Cross Hollows, but its movement was intercepted near Elkhorn Tavern in the Boston Mountains and the Confederate army under Earl Van Dorn was routed by the Union army under Samuel Curtis. For ten points name this March 1862 battle, the largest fought west of the Mississippi.
En route from his Pocahontas headquarters, one commander of this battle fell into a stream and became ill, and after the battle, he would fail to relocate his troops for the Battle of Shiloh.
Battle of Pea Ridge (accept Elkhorn Tavern before mentioned)