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Wilson's Creek
Oak Hills, Springfield

​Confederate Commander

Maj. Gen. Sterling Price

​Forces Engaged:

Killed: 265

Wounded: 800

Captured or Missing: 30

Total: 1,095​

August 10, 1861

Greene & Christian Counties, Missouri

Confederate Victory

Operations to Control Missouri (1861)

Also Called: Oak Hills, Springfield

​Union Commander

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon

​Forces Engaged:

Killed: 223

Wounded: 721

Captured or Missing: 291

Total: 1,293​

Confederate Officers

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Brig. Gen. Ben McClulloch

Brig. Gen. Nicholas Bartlett Pearce

Brig. Gen. James S. Rains

Brig. Gen. John Bullock

Brig. Gen. William Y. Slack

Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons

Brig. Gen. James H. McBride

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Confederate Order of Battle

 

Confederate Official Records

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Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis

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Union Order of Battle

 

Union Official Records

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 932-935

Current, Richard N., ed. "Wilson's Creek Campaign." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 

          p 1729-1731

Nevin, David, ed. The Road to Shiloh Early Battles in the West. The Civil War Volume 21 of 27. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life

          Books, 1986. p 24-29

Pearce, N. B. "Arkansas Troops in the Battle of Wilson's Creek." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition

          Volume I-Part I. Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2010. p 298-303

Sigel, Franz. "The Flanking Column at Wilson's Creek." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume I-Part I.

          Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt.National Historical

          Society, 2010. p 304-306

Simpson, Brooks D., Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Sheehan-Dean. The Civil War The First Year. New York: Library of America,

          2011. p 543-561

Snead, Thomas L. "The First Year of the War in Missouri." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume I -

          Part I. Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2010. p 262-277

Wherry, William M. "Wilson's Creek, and the Death of Lyon." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition

          Volume I-Part I. Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2010. p 289-297

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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