Clark’s Mill (Vera Cruz )

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Clark’s Mill (1862)

War:

American Civil War

Also known as:

Vera Cruz

Date(s):

7 Nov 1862

Location:

Douglas County, Missouri, US

Outcome:

Confederate victory

Description:

Capt. Hiram E. Barstow, USA
Col. John Q. Burbridge and Col. Colton Greene, CSA

The Union had a little over 100 men from the 10th Illinois Cavalry and militia; the Confederates had cavalry brigade of about 1,000 men.

The Union lost 113 men; Confederate losses are unknown.

Having received reports that Confederate troops were in the area, Capt. Hiram E. Barstow, Union commander at Clark’s Mill, sent a detachment toward Gainesville and he led another southeastward. Barstow’s men ran into a Confederate force, skirmished with them and drove them back. His column then fell back to Clark’s Mill where he learned that another Confederate force was coming from the northeast. Unlimbering artillery to command both approach roads, Barstow was soon engaged in a five-hour fight with the enemy. Under a white flag, the Confederates demanded a surrender, and the Union, given their numerical inferiority, accepted. The Confederates paroled the Union troops and departed after burning the blockhouse at Clark’s Mill. Clark’s Mill helped the Confederates to maintain a toehold in southwest Missouri.

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