Battle of Clark's Mill

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Battle of Clark's Mill
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Began:

November 7, 1862

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Douglas County, Missouri

Theater:

Trans-Mississippi Theater

Campaign:

Operations North of Boston Mountains

Outcome:

Confederate victory

Combatants

10th Illinois Cavalry
Missouri State Militia

cavalry brigade

Commanders

Hiram E. Barstow
Captain, USA

John Q. Burbridge
Colonel, CSA
Colton Greene
Colonel, CSA

Strength

100

1,000

Casualties

113

Unknown

Having received reports that Confederate troops were in the area, Capt. Hiram E. Barstow, Union commander at Clark’s Mill, sent a detachment toward Gainesville and he led another southeastward. Barstow’s men ran into a Confederate force, skirmished with them and drove them back. His column then fell back to Clark’s Mill where he learned that another Confederate force was coming from the northeast. Unlimbering artillery to command both approach roads, Barstow was soon engaged in a five-hour fight with the enemy. Under a white flag, the Confederates demanded a surrender, and the Union, given their numerical inferiority, accepted. The Confederates paroled the Union troops and departed after burning the blockhouse at Clark’s Mill. Clark’s Mill helped the Confederates to maintain a toehold in southwest Missouri. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Missouri Operations North of Boston Mountains, August-November 1862

Moore's Mill -- Kirksville -- Compton's Ferry -- 1st Independence, MO -- Lone Jack -- 1st Newtonia -- Old Fort Wayne -- Island Mound -- Clark's Mill

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v • d • e Battles of 1862

Eastern Theater	Cockpit Point -- Hancock -- Roanoke Island -- Elizabeth City -- New Bern -- Fort Macon -- 1st Kernstown -- Hampton Roads -- Yorktown -- South Mills -- Williamsburg -- Eltham's Landing -- McDowell -- Princeton Court House -- Drewry’s Bluff -- Front Royal -- 1st Winchester -- Hanover Court House -- Seven Pines -- Tranter's Creek -- Cross Keys -- Port Republic -- Oak Grove -- Beaver Dam Creek -- Gaines' Mill -- Garnett's and Golding's Farms -- Savage's Station -- Glendale -- White Oak Swamp -- Malvern Hill -- Cedar Mountain -- 1st Rappahannock Station -- Manassas Station Operations -- Thoroughfare Gap -- 2nd Bull Run -- Chantilly -- Harpers Ferry -- South Mountain -- Antietam -- Shepherdstown -- Fredericksburg -- Kinston -- White Hall -- Goldsboro Bridge

Western Theater	Middle Creek -- Mill Springs -- Fort Henry -- Fort Donelson -- Island Number Ten -- 1st Memphis -- Shiloh -- Siege of Corinth -- 1st Chattanooga -- 1st Murfreesboro -- Richmond, KY -- Munfordville -- Iuka -- Corinth -- Hatchie's Bridge -- Perryville -- Hartsville -- Jackson, TN -- Chickasaw Bayou -- Parker's Cross Roads -- Stones River

Trans-Mississippi Theater	Roan's Tan Yard -- Valverde -- Pea Ridge -- Glorieta Pass -- Stanwix Station -- Albuquerque -- Peralta -- Picacho Pass -- Dragoon Springs -- Saint Charles -- Cotton Plant -- Apache Pass -- Moore’s Mill -- Kirksville -- Compton's Ferry -- 1st Independence, MO -- 1st Sabine Pass -- 1st Galveston -- Lone Jack -- 1st Newtonia -- Old Fort Wayne -- Island Mound -- Clark's Mill -- Cane Hill -- Prairie Grove

Lower Seaboard Theater	Fort Pulaski -- Forts Jackson and St. Philip -- New Orleans -- Secessionville -- Simmon's Bluff -- Tampa -- Baton Rouge -- 1st Donaldsonville -- Saint John's Bluff -- Georgia Landing

See also: