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1st Battle of Newtonia

Confederate Commander

Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper

Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby

September 30, 1862

Newtonia, Missouri

Confederate Victory

Union Commander

Brig. Gen. Frederick Salomon

Total Engaged: 4,00 -4,500

Casualties and Losses: over 400

Total Engaged: 5,500

Casualties and Losses: 78

Confederate Officers

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Confederate Units Involved

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1st Cherokee Battalion

1st Choctaw Regiment

1st Choctaw and Chichasaw Mounted Rifles

34th Texas Cavalry

Missouri Cavalry Regiment

31st Texas Cavalry Regiment

Bledsoe's Battery

Howell's Battery

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Union Officers

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Union Units Involved

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6th Kansas Cavalry

9th Kansas Cavalry (with 2 mountain howitzers)

2nd Ohio Cavalry

3rd Wisconsin Cavalry

10th Kansas Infantry

13th Kansas Infantry

9th Kansas Infantry

1st Kansas Light Artillery

2nd Kansas Light Artillery

25th Ohio Battery

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Union Official Records

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Brig. Gen. Frederick Salomon

Commander, Division

Col. William Weer

10th Kansas Infantry

Commander, Brigade

Col. George H. Hall

4th Missouri Cavalry (Militia)

Commander, Brigade

Col. William R. Judson

6th Kansas Cavalry

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Col. Edward Lynde

9th Kansas Cavalry

Lt. Col. Arthur Jacobi

9th Wisconsin Infantry

Capt. Job B. Stockton

Commander, Battery

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Confederate Official Records

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Col. Douglas H. Cooper

Commander, Division

Maj. J. M. Bryan

1st Cherokee Battalion

Lieut. Col. Tandy Walker

1st Choctaw and Chickisaw Regiment

Lieut. Col. M. W. Buster

Indian Battalion

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Col. J. G. Stevens

1st Texas Cavalry

Col. T. C. Hawpe

31st Texas Cavalry

Col. A. M. Alexander

34th Texas Cavalry

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