Event Description
Klondike - The Battle of Bentonville Detours
Christmas 1861 was the turning point in the Civil War in the trans-Mississippi. On that day, Union Major General Henry W. Halleck placed Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis in command of the Army of the Southwest and directed him to rid Missouri of Confederate forces. Curtis set his campaign in motion and for the next six weeks his little army struggled across the Ozark Plateau toward Springfield, the principal town in southwest Missouri. The eight-mile march on Bentonville Detour was a terrible experience for the Army of the West. The snow had stopped but the temperature was lower than the night before. The column shuffled along at a snail’s pace.
Links
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Southern Shores FSC - Klondike Participants Package
