Van Dorn
EARL, an American military officer; born near Port Gibson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1820; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1842; became a captain in 1855, and resigned his commission on the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861; joined the Confederate army; took an active part in the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7 and 8, 1862; attacked General Rosecrans at Corinth, Oct. 3-4, 1862, and was defeated with great loss. He was killed in a private quarrel in Maury co., Tenn., May 8, 1863. a