Date:
- September 19, 1862
Location:
- Iuka, Mississippi
Campaign:
- Iuka and Corinth Operations (1862)
Principal Union commander(s):
- Major General William S. Rosecrans
Principal Confederate commander(s):
- Major General Sterling Price
Union forces engaged:
- Army of the Mississippi
Confederate forces engaged:
- Army of the West
Number of Union soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 4,500
Number of Confederate soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 3,000
Estimated Union casualties:
- 790 (144 killed, 598 wounded, 40 captured/missing)
Estimated Confederate casualties:
- 1,516 (263 killed, 692 wounded, 561 captured/missing)
Result:
- Union victory
Significance:
- Failure to coordinate the Union attack and involve Major General Edward Ord’s 8,000 soldiers at the Battle of Iuka enabled Confederate Major General Sterling Price’s Army of the West to escape and join Major General Earl Van Dorn’s Army of West Tennessee in an assault on Corinth in October 1862.