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Newtonia I
September 30, 1862
Estimated Casualties: 345 total (US 245; CS 100)
Description: Although the Confederates won the battle, they were unable to maintain themselves in the area given the
great numbers of Union troops. Most Confederates retreated into northwest Arkansas. The 1862 Confederate victories in southwestern Missouri at Newtonia and elsewhere were the South’s apogee in the area; afterwards, the only Confederates
in the area belonged to raiding columns.
Confederate victory

Links

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/MOmap.htm
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/mo016.htm

http://www.geocities.com/civil_war_anderson/Newtonia.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Newtonia_I
Principal Commanders
Brigadier General Friedrich Salomon [US]
http://www.geocities.com/civil_war_anderson/GeneralFrederickSalomon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_C._Salomon
 

Colonel Douglas H. Cooper [CS]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Cooper
 

   

Other Battles in Missouri, Kansas & Arkansas

1. Carthage 4. Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) 7. Springfield II
2. Wilson’s Creek (Oak Hills) 5. Newtonia I 8. Baxter Springs (Baxter Springs Massacre)
3. Springfield I (Zagonyi’s Charge) 6. Prairie Grove (Fayetteville) 9. Newtonia II

 

 

 

 


Civil war artifacts pictured here can be seen at the Carthage Civil War Museum and the
Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, MO.

 

 

 

Newtonia I
September 30, 1862
Estimated Casualties: 345 total (US 245; CS 100)
Description: Although the Confederates won the battle, they were unable to maintain themselves in the area given the
great numbers of Union troops. Most Confederates retreated into northwest Arkansas. The 1862 Confederate victories in southwestern Missouri at Newtonia and elsewhere were the South’s apogee in the area; afterwards, the only Confederates in the area belonged to raiding columns.
Confederate victory

Links

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/MOmap.htm

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/mo016.htm

http://www.geocities.com/civil_war_anderson/Newtonia.html

 



Principal Commanders
1. Carthage 4. Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) 7. Springfield II
2. Wilson’s Creek (Oak Hills) 5. Newtonia I 8. Baxter Springs (Baxter Springs Massacre)
3. Springfield I (Zagonyi’s Charge) 6. Prairie Grove (Fayetteville) 9. Newtonia II

 

 

 

 


Civil war artifacts pictured here can be seen at the Carthage Civil War Museum and the
Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, MO.