Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863

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Personal name heading	Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Dorn, Earl Van, 1820-1863
Found in	Official reports of battles, embracing the defence of Vicksburg, by Major General Earl Van Dorn ..., 1863. Civil war dictionary, 1959: p. 867 (Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-63) OCLC, 6/16/95: (hdg.: Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863; usage: Earl Van Dorn) Wikipedia, 05-24-2016: (Earl Van Dorn (b. September 17, 1820; d. May 7, 1863); career United States Army officer and great-nephew of Andrew Jackson, fighting with distinction during the Mexican-American War and against several tribes of Native Americans; in the American Civil War, he served as a Confederate general, appointed commander of the Trans-Mississippi District; At the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in March 1862, he was defeated by a smaller Union force, partly because he had abandoned his supply-wagons for the sake of speed, leaving his men under-equipped in cold weather; at the Second Battle of Corinth in October 1862, he was again defeated through a failure of reconnaissance and removed from high command; he then scored two notable successes as a cavalry commander, capturing a large Union supply depot at Holly Springs and an enemy position at Thompson's Station, Tennessee; in May 1863, he was shot dead at his headquarters at Spring Hill, Tennesse by a doctor who claimed that Van Dorn had carried on an affair with his wife)