Mine Creek

[Jim Klag]

October 25, 1864 - The engagement on Little Osage River or Mine Creek KS, as Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA, and his cavalry attempt to protect the Rebel wagon train from the Yankee advance. Price loses about a third of his wagon train.

Battle of Mine Creek Facts & Summary

About six miles south of Trading Post, Kansas, where the Marais de Cygnes cavalry engagement had occurred earlier in the day, the Union brigades of Col. Frederick Benteen and Col. John Phillips, of Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton’s Provisional Cavalry Division, overtook a retreating Confederate...

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Battle of Mine Creek...

Mine Creek Battle - October 25, 1864 - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Historical Society

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Early on the morning of October 25 a running skirmish developed over the nine miles between Trading Post and Mine Creek. When the Confederate rear guard arrived at Mine Creek the end of the supply train had not yet crossed. With two brigades of 2,500 Union cavalrymen bearing down upon them, the Confederates were forced to stop and fight. The Confederate rear guard formed a skirmish line, which delayed Union troops long enough for the 7,000 men in the two Confederate cavalry divisions to establish a main line of defense. The Confederate divisions were commanded by Major Generals John S. Marmaduke and James F. Fagan. The Union brigades were led by Colonel John F. Philips and Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen.

The field was wet and muddy from the previous night’s rain, and hundreds of horses and wagons had trampled the ground. In spite of the precarious conditions, both sides quickly moved into position at 10:30 a.m. Confederate artillery opened fire first, followed by the Union.

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[Jim Klag]

Battle of Mine Creek...

Mine Creek Battle - October 25, 1864 - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Historical Society

www.kshs.org

Early on the morning of October 25 a running skirmish developed over the nine miles between Trading Post and Mine Creek. When the Confederate rear guard arrived at Mine Creek the end of the supply train had not yet crossed. With two brigades of 2,500 Union cavalrymen bearing down upon them, the Confederates were forced to stop and fight. The Confederate rear guard formed a skirmish line, which delayed Union troops long enough for the 7,000 men in the two Confederate cavalry divisions to establish a main line of defense. The Confederate divisions were commanded by Major Generals John S. Marmaduke and James F. Fagan. The Union brigades were led by Colonel John F. Philips and Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen.

The field was wet and muddy from the previous night’s rain, and hundreds of horses and wagons had trampled the ground. In spite of the precarious conditions, both sides quickly moved into position at 10:30 a.m. Confederate artillery opened fire first, followed by the Union.

Need to go to the link for the details of the largest cavalry battle...

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