Date:
- June 17, 1861
Location:
- Near Boonville, Missouri
Campaign:
- Operations to Control Missouri
Principal Union commander(s):
- Brigadier General Nathaniel Banks
Principal Confederate commander(s):
- Colonel John S. Marmaduke
Union forces engaged:
- Combined force of Missouri troops and Regular U.S. Army
Confederate forces engaged:
- Missouri State Guard
Number of Union soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 1,700
Number of Confederate soldiers engaged:
- Roughly 1,500
Estimated Union casualties:
- 31 (including five killed)
Estimated Confederate casualties:
- Between 8 to 60 (killed, wounded, and captured)
Result:
- Union victory
Significance:
- Secured central Missouri for the Union and deprived the Confederacy use of the Missouri River during the Civil War.
- Sent the Missouri state government into exile, preventing Missouri Governor Jackson from exerting his influence to bring about Missouri’s secession from the Union.