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Springfield I (Zagonyi’s Charge)
October 25, 1861
Estimated Casualties: 218 total (US 85; CS 133)
Description: This engagement at Springfield was the only Union victory in southwestern Missouri in 1861.
Union victory


Major James Zagonyi [US]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Zagonyi
http://thelibrary.org/lochist/historicalsites/17.cfm
 
 
Colonel James Frazier [CS]
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/mo008.htm
 

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.