Van Dorn, Earl

Life span

09/17/1820—05/07/1863

Life Summary

Full name

Earl Van Dorn

Place of Birth

Port Gibson, MS

Birth Date Certainty

Exact

Death Date Certainty

Exact

Gender

Male

Race

White

Sectional choice

South

Origins

Slave State

Education

West Point (US Military Academy)

Occupation

Military

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Confederate Army

Date	Event
10/01/1858	Second Cavalry under Captain Earl Van Dorn battles with Comanche Indians at Wichita Village in Indian Territory
05/13/1859	Second Cavalry units under Major Earl Van Dorn defeat hostile Comanche in the northern Indian Territory
03/06/1862—03/08/1862	In northwest Arkansas, Union forces win a fierce three-day battle at Pea Ridge, around Elkhorn Tavern
05/07/1863	In Tennessee, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn is shot to death by a jealous husband

Chicago Style Entry	Link
Winschel, Terrence J. "Earl Van Dorn: From West Point to Mexico." Journal of Mississippi History 62, no. 3 (2000): 179-197.	View Record