| Rating: |
8.5 (3) |
| Games Played: |
4 |
| SM: |
1 |
| Turns: |
11 |
| Type: |
Custom |
| First Side: |
Union |
| Second Side: |
CSA |
(HISTORICAL) -- BATTLE OF NEWTONIA, September 30, 1862 -- In mid-September 1862, the Federal Missouri and Kansas Departments were united under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, finally eliminating the previously paralyzing lack of cooperation between the two rival departments. While the Federals bickered, the Confederates were busy concentrating in NW Arkansas. Pushing their outposts to the north, Confederate cavalry under Douglas Cooper and J.O. Shelby moved into SW Missouri. To drive these Southern forces back out of the state, a provisional division was formed under General Frederick Salomon. Cooper, Shelby's senior, ordered a concentration at Newtonia, an important town located at the junction of several major roads. There, Salomon's advance forces were roughly handled by the Southerners before his full force finally arrived on the field at mid-afternoon on the 30th. After a cautious fight characterized mostly by artillery exchange, the Federals withdrew to Sarcoxie.
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