List of battles fought in Missouri

This is an incomplete list of all military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern U.S. state of Missouri since European contact.

NameDateLocationWarStrengthCasualtiesBelligerentsVictorRef.St. LouisMay 25, 1780St. LouisAmerican Revolutionary WarSpain-320, Great Britain-~1,500108Spain vs. Great Britain & Indian tribesSpanish victorySink HoleMay 24, 1815Lincoln CountyWar of 1812?8Sauk vs. United StatesUnited States victoryBattle CreekJuly 1829Schuyler CountyAmerican Indian Wars??Iowa vs. American settlersUnited States victoryGallatinAugust 6, 1838GallatinMissouri Mormon WarMormon-?, Missouri Citizens-200?Latter-Day Saints vs. Missouri citizensCitizens victoryCrooked RiverOctober 28, 1838Crooked RiverMissouri Mormon WarMormon-?, Missouri State Militia-1 division4Latter-Day Saints vs. Missouri State MilitiaLatter-Day Saints victoryHaun's MillOctober 30, 1838Caldwell CountyMissouri Mormon WarMormon-?, Missouri State Militia-24021Latter-Day Saints vs. Missouri State MilitiaMissouri victory1st BoonvilleJune 17, 1861BoonvilleAmerican Civil WarUnion-1,700, Missouri State Guard-~1,50010 KIA, 17 WIA, 80 POWUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Union victoryCole CampJune 19, 1861Benton CountyAmerican Civil WarBenton County Home Guard-600, Missouri State Guard-30043 KIA, 85 WIA, 25 POWUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victoryCarthageJuly 5, 1861Near CarthageAmerican Civil WarUnion-1,100, Missouri State Guard-6,000244United States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victoryDug SpringsAugust 2, 1861Near CleverAmerican Civil War?48 KIA, 74 WIAUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Union victoryAthensAugust 5, 1861Clark CountyAmerican Civil WarHome Guard-333-500, Missouri State Guard-~2,000 men plus 3 cannon3 KIA, 20 WIA, 31 KIA & WIAUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Union victoryWilson's CreekAugust 10, 1861Christian and Greene countiesAmerican Civil WarUnion-5,430, Missouri State Guard-12,120535 KIA, 1808 WIA, 196 MIAUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victoryCharlestonAugust 19, 1861CharlestonAmerican Civil WarUnion-250, Confederate-500?United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryDry Wood CreekSeptember 2, 1861Vernon CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-600, Missouri State Guard-?18 KIA, 16 WIAUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victory2nd BoonvilleSeptember 13, 1861BoonvilleAmerican Civil WarBoonville Home Guardsmen-140, Missouri State Guard-800United States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Union victory1st LexingtonSeptember 13–20, 1861LexingtonAmerican Civil WarLexington Garrison-3,500 Missouri State Guard-15,000800 KIA, 1,000 POWUnited States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victoryBlue Mills LandingSeptember 17, 1861Clay CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-600, Missouri State Guard-3,500126United States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victoryFredericktownOctober 21, 1861Madison CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-2,500, Confederacy-?25 KIA, 40 WIA, 80 POWUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victory1st SpringfieldOctober 25, 1861SpringfieldAmerican Civil WarUnion-326 Confederacy-1,500218United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryBelmontNovember 7, 1861Mississippi CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-3,114, Confederacy-~ 5,000225 KIA, 727 WIA, 221 POW/MIAUnited States vs. Confederate StatesIndecisiveBlackwater CreekDecember 19, 1861Johnson CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-4,000, Confederacy-750694United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryMount Zion ChurchDecember 28, 1861Boone CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-440, Confederacy-~ 90027 KIA, 213 WIA, 64 POWUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryRoan's Tan YardJanuary 8, 1862Randolph CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-450, Confederacy-80046 KIA, 99 WIA, 28 POWUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryNew MadridFebruary 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862New MadridAmerican Civil WarUnion-6 gunboats 11 mortar rafts, Confederacy-~ 7,00053 KIA, 50 WIA, 5 MIA, 7,000 POWUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryMoore's MillJuly 28, 1862Callaway CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-733, Confederacy-260-35013 KIA, 55 WIA, 202 KIA/WIAUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryCravensvilleAugust 5, 1862Daviess CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-35, Confederacy-85Union 5 wounded Confederates 8 killed 10 woundedUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryKirksvilleAugust 6, 1862Adair CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-1,000, Confederacy-2,500456United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryCompton's FerryAugust 11, 1862Livingston CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-?, Confederacy-~ 1,500?United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryIndependenceAugust 11, 1862IndependenceAmerican Civil WarUnion-344, Confederacy-~800344United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victoryYellow CreekAugust 13, 1862Chariton CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-~700, Confederacy-Unknown2 WIA, Confederate-?United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryLone JackAugust 15–16, 1862Jackson CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-800, Confederacy-1,500-3,000270United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victory1st NewtoniaSeptember 30, 1862NewtoniaAmerican Civil WarUnion-1,500 Confederacy-1 brigade345United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victoryIsland MoundOctober 29, 1862Bates CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-250, Confederacy-35019United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryClark's MillNovember 7, 1862Douglas CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-113, Confederacy-1,000113United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victory2nd SpringfieldJanuary 8, 1863SpringfieldAmerican Civil WarUnion-2,099, Confederacy-1,870521United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryHartvilleJanuary 9–11, 1863Wright CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-750, Confederacy- ?19 KIA, 160 WIA, 10 MIA/POWUnited States vs. Confederate StatesIndecisive Cape GirardeauApril 26, 1863Cape Girardeau CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-4,000, Confederacy- 5,000337United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryChalk BluffMay 1–2, 1863Dunklin CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-120, Confederacy- 21053 KIA, 104 WIA, 120 MIA, 53 POWUnited States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate pyrrhic victory3rd BoonvilleOctober 11, 1863BoonvilleAmerican Civil War??United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryCamden PointJuly 13, 1864Camden PointAmerican Civil WarUnion-1,000, Confederacy- 3006 KIA, 25 WIAUnited States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryFort DavidsonSeptember 27, 1864Iron CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-1,500, Confederacy- 12,0001,684United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victory4th BoonvilleOctober 11, 1864BoonvilleAmerican Civil War??United States vs. Missouri (Confederate)Confederate victoryGlasgowOctober 15, 1864GlasgowAmerican Civil WarUnion-800, Confederacy-1,800450United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victorySedaliaOctober 15, 1864SedaliaAmerican Civil WarUnion-~800, Confederacy-~1,2001United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victory2nd LexingtonOctober 19, 1864LexingtonAmerican Civil WarUnion-2,000 Confederacy-8,500?United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victoryLittle BlueOctober 21, 1864Jackson CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-2,500, Confederacy- 8,500?United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victoryIndependenceOctober 21–22, 1864IndependenceAmerican Civil WarUnion-22,000, Confederacy-8,500140United States vs. Confederate StatesConfederate victoryBig BlueOctober 22–23, 1864Kansas CityAmerican Civil WarUnion-2 divisions, Confederacy-2 divisions?United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryWestportOctober 23, 1864WestportAmerican Civil WarUnion-22,000, Confederacy- 8,5003,000United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victoryCharlotOctober 25, 1864Vernon CountyAmerican Civil WarUnion-2 brigades, Confederacy- 1 division?United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victory2nd NewtoniaOctober 28, 1864NewtoniaAmerican Civil WarUnion-? Confederacy-?650United States vs. Confederate StatesUnion victory

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