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As a Southerner, Pike supported secession.<ref name=arencyclopedia/> When the [[American Civil War]] broke out, the Confederate War Department appointed him as a brigadier general due to his treaty experiences with Indian tribes, and bolstered units in the Indian Territory which collaborated with the Confederacy. Pike led the Confederate military forces in the Battle of Pea Ridge and embarrassingly proved a poor leader, subsequently returning to the Territory.<ref name=arencyclopedia/>

As a Southerner, Pike supported secession.<ref name=arencyclopedia/> When the [[American Civil War]] broke out, the Confederate War Department appointed him as a brigadier general due to his treaty experiences with Indian tribes, and bolstered units in the Indian Territory which collaborated with the Confederacy. Pike led the Confederate military forces in the Battle of Pea Ridge and embarrassingly proved a poor leader, subsequently returning to the Territory.<ref name=arencyclopedia/>

Pike fell out of favor with Thomas C. Hindman, the commander of Confederate forces in Arkansas, which exacerbated into a fracas when he issued a circularrefusing to surrender control in addition to denouncing Hindman as substituting democratic government for despotism.<ref name=arencyclopedia/> Authorities in Richmond rebuked Pike, who subsequently resigned in protest. He later served for a year on the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Pike fell out of favor with Thomas C. Hindman, the commander of Confederate forces in Arkansas, which exacerbated into a fracas when he issued a circularrefusing to surrender control in addition to denouncing Hindman as substituting democratic government for despotism.<ref name=arencyclopedia/> Authorities in [[Richmond, Virginia]], rebuked Pike, who subsequently resigned in protest. He later served for a year on the Arkansas Supreme Court.

==Antebellum years==

==Antebellum years==