Battle of Oak Hills

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The Battle of Oak Hills was a major early Civil War engagement in Missouri in 1861, where Confederate forces defeated Union troops and secured temporary control of southwestern Missouri.

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Battle of Oak Hills canonical 1

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ
associatedWith secession crisis in Missouri ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States ⓘ
Missouri State Guard ⓘ
Union ⓘ
campaign Missouri campaign of 1861 ⓘ
casualtiesConfederate over 1,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
casualtiesUnion over 1,200 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
category 1861 in Missouri ⓘ
Battles of the American Civil War in Missouri ⓘ
Confederate victories of the American Civil War ⓘ
commander Benjamin McCulloch ⓘ
Franz Sigel ⓘ
Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce ⓘ
Sterling Price ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Benjamin McCulloch ⓘ
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce ⓘ
Sterling Price ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date August 10, 1861 ⓘ
followedBy Confederate withdrawal to Arkansas later in 1861 ⓘ
front Western Theater (sometimes classified in Trans-Mississippi) ⓘ
linked to: Western Theater
historicalRegion Southwestern Missouri ⓘ
killedInAction Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ
location Greene County, Missouri ⓘ
near Wilson’s Creek, Missouri ⓘ
notableFact Nathaniel Lyon was the first Union general killed in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Nathaniel Lyon
outcome Confederate forces secured temporary control of southwestern Missouri ⓘ
partOf Operations in Missouri, 1861 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Boonville ⓘ
Camp Jackson Affair ⓘ
primaryObjectiveConfederate to defend Missouri State Guard forces and resist Union control of Missouri ⓘ
primaryObjectiveUnion to break up the Missouri State Guard and secure southwestern Missouri ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
state Missouri ⓘ
stateForceInvolved Missouri State Guard ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped maintain Confederate influence in Missouri’s southwest ⓘ
strengthConfederate approximately 10,000–12,000 soldiers ⓘ
strengthUnion approximately 5,400 soldiers ⓘ
terrain wooded hills and creek valleys ⓘ
theater Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ
UnionCommander Franz Sigel ⓘ
Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ
year 1861 ⓘ

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Battle of Wilson's Creek → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Oak Hills ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Wilson’s Creek