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The Prairie Grove Battlefield is located in the Boston Mountains of Northwest
Arkansas. Prairie Grove Battlefield is recognized nationally as one of America's
most intact Civil War battlefields.
The Battle of Prairie Grove was fought on December 7, 1862, between
Confederate General T. C. Hindman's Army of the Trans-Mississippi and the Union
General James Blunt's Army of the Frontier. It was the first and last major
Civil War battle to be fought in Northwest Arkansas. The Confederate defeat here
paved the way for control of the region by the Federal Army. When the two armies
clashed the resulting casualties was 2,700. Heavy fighting took place around the
Borden House. As the day ended the orchard behind the house became the field
hospital where many more brave soldiers met their fate at the hands of a well
meaning surgeon.
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