Battle of Prairie Grove
Confederate Commander
Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman
Total Engaged: 11,059
Killed: 164
Wounded: 817
Captured or Missing: 336
Total Casualties: 1,317
Confederate Officers
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Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup
Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan
Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost
Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons
Brig. Gen. John S. Roane
Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke
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December 7, 1862
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Union Strategic Victory
National Park Service
A Deadly Battle on the Big Prairie
The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War
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American Battlefield Trust
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Before During After
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Iron Brigadier
20th Wisconsin Infantry at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 1862
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New York Times
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Union Commander
Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt
Total Engaged: 9,216
Killed: 175
Wounded: 813
Captured or Missing: 263
Total Casualties: 1,251
Union Officers
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Brig. Gen. Frederick Salomon
Brig. Gen. Francis J. Herron
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 666-667
Current, Richard N., ed. "Prairie Grove, Arkansas." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. p
1246-1247
Foote, Shelby. The Civil War A Narrative Fredericksburg to Meridian. New York: Vintage Books, 1963. p 49-51
Harrell, John M. Arkansas Confederate Military History Volume X Part II. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National
Historical Society, 2008. p 129-161
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