Van Dorn, Earl

Life Span
to
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
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
Second Cavalry under Captain Earl Van Dorn battles with Comanche Indians at Wichita Village in Indian Territory
Second Cavalry units under Major Earl Van Dorn defeat hostile Comanche in the northern Indian Territory
- In northwest Arkansas, Union forces win a fierce three-day battle at Pea Ridge, around Elkhorn Tavern
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
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