. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . was in com-mand of Brigadier-Generals Sterling Price andM. M. Parsons from October 29, 1861, to March17, 1862, when it merged in the Army of the West. Armg at t\^t WtBt Major-General Earl Van Dorn assumedcommand of the troops in the Trans-MississippiDistrict of Western Department (No. 2), on Jan-uary 29, 1862. Out of the force grew the Armyof the West, so called after March 4th. It waslargely composed of the Missouri State army fought at Pea Ridge and elsewhere inArkansas, and, being transfeiTed across the Mis-sissippi,

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . was in com-mand of Brigadier-Generals Sterling Price andM. M. Parsons from October 29, 1861, to March17, 1862, when it merged in the Army of the West. Armg at t\^t WtBt Major-General Earl Van Dorn assumedcommand of the troops in the Trans-MississippiDistrict of Western Department (No. 2), on Jan-uary 29, 1862. Out of the force grew the Armyof the West, so called after March 4th. It waslargely composed of the Missouri State army fought at Pea Ridge and elsewhere inArkansas, and, being transfeiTed across the Mis-sissippi, was present at the siege of Corinth. The [ First Division was commanded by Major-GeneralSterling Price after March 22d, and the Secondby Major-General Samuel Jones. It had threedivisions after INIay, and a strength of over twentythousand. On June 20th, Van Dorn was replacedby JMajor-General John P. McCown, who had com-manded the Third Division, and he in turn byMajor-General Price, on July 3d. The transferof the Army of the Mississippi to Chattanooga at270].

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