Battle of Mine Creek
Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 2,500 - 2,600
Estimated Casualties: 100 - 110
Confederate Officers
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Brig. Gen. William L. Cabell
Brig. Gen. John B. Clark, Jr.
Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby
Brig. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson
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October 25, 1864
Linn County, Kansas
Union Victory
Also known as Battle of Little Osage
Part of Price's Missouri Expedition
Battlefield Trust
Mine Creek Battle of the Osage
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American History Central
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Civil War on the Western Border
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Iron Brigadier
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen's Brigade at the Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas
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Union Commander
Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis
Forces Engaged: 7,000
Estimated Casualties: 1,200
Union Officers
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Brig. Gen. John McNeil
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Sanborn
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Collins, Charles D., Jr. Battlefield Atlas of Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864, Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute,
2016. p 118-153