Second Battle of Newtonia Facts

Date

• October 28, 1864

Location

• Near Newtonia, Missouri

Campaign

• Price’s Missouri Expedition

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Samuel Curtis
• Major General James G. Blunt
• Brigadier General John B. Sanborn

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General Sterling Price
• Brigadier General Joseph O. Shelby

Union Forces Engaged

• Army of the Border

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Missouri

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 1.500

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 2,000 – 3,500

Union Casualties

• Roughly 26 – 400 (killed, wounded, and captured or missing)

Confederate Casualties

• Roughly 24 – 275 (killed, wounded, and captured or missing)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• Both commanders claimed victory after the conflict, but most historians consider the Second Battle of Newtonia to be a Union victory because Price’s Army of Missouri began to disintegrate badly as it resumed its retreat after the engagement.