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Newtonia II
October 28, 1864
Estimated Casualties: 650 total (US 400; CS 250)
Description: The Union troops forced the Confederates to retreat but failed to destroy or capture them.
It is considered the last major battle of the Trans-Mississippi.
Union victory

Links

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/mo029.htm

http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/mo/mo029.html

Principal Commanders

Brigadier General James G. Blunt [US]

http://www.curledup.com/genblunt.htm

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

http://www.pddoc.com/skedaddle/010/0083.htm

Major General Sterling Price [CS]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Price

http://www.mycivilwar.com/leaders/price_sterling.htm

Brigadier General Joe Shelby [CS]

http://www.civilwarhome.com/shelbybio.htm

http://www.civilwarhistory.com/shelby.htm

http://www.waverlyarts.org/jo_shelby.htm

http://thomaslegion.net/generaljosephorvilleshelby.html

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.