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Battle of Devil's Backbone (view source)
Revision as of 21:05, December 9, 2010
, 21:05, December 9, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Devil's Backbone<br/><small>Backbone Mountain</small> |image= |begin=September 1, 1863 |end=Same day |place=Sebastian County, Arkansas |theater=Tr..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Devil's Backbone<br/><small>Backbone Mountain</small>
|image=
|begin=September 1, 1863
|end=Same day
|place=Sebastian County, [[Arkansas]]
|theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater
|campaign=Operations to Control Indian Territory
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=2nd Kansas Cavalry<br/>6th Missouri Cavalry<br/>Rabb’s 2nd Indiana Battery<br/>(2 detachments)
|combatants2=Cabell’s Brigade
|commanders1=[[William F. Cloud]]<br/>Colonel, USA
|commanders2=[[W.L. Cabell]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=1,500
|strength2=1,250
|casualties1='''16'''
|casualties2='''65'''
}}
Union Maj. Gen. [[James G. Blunt]] ordered Col. William Cloud to continue in pursuit of the Confederate forces that had withdrawn from Fort Smith and were chased to Old Jenny Lind. The Rebels turned on Cloud and skirmished with him at the base of Devil’s Backbone. Cabell’s forces ambushed approaching Union troops and momentarily halted their advance. Regrouping, the Union forces, with the help of artillery, advanced again and forced the Confederates to retire in disorder to Waldron. <ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm NPS.gov: NPS Battle Summaries]</ref>
==References==
<references />
{{Template:Campaignbox Control Indian territory}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Devil's Backbone<br/><small>Backbone Mountain</small>
|image=
|begin=September 1, 1863
|end=Same day
|place=Sebastian County, [[Arkansas]]
|theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater
|campaign=Operations to Control Indian Territory
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=2nd Kansas Cavalry<br/>6th Missouri Cavalry<br/>Rabb’s 2nd Indiana Battery<br/>(2 detachments)
|combatants2=Cabell’s Brigade
|commanders1=[[William F. Cloud]]<br/>Colonel, USA
|commanders2=[[W.L. Cabell]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=1,500
|strength2=1,250
|casualties1='''16'''
|casualties2='''65'''
}}
Union Maj. Gen. [[James G. Blunt]] ordered Col. William Cloud to continue in pursuit of the Confederate forces that had withdrawn from Fort Smith and were chased to Old Jenny Lind. The Rebels turned on Cloud and skirmished with him at the base of Devil’s Backbone. Cabell’s forces ambushed approaching Union troops and momentarily halted their advance. Regrouping, the Union forces, with the help of artillery, advanced again and forced the Confederates to retire in disorder to Waldron. <ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm NPS.gov: NPS Battle Summaries]</ref>
==References==
<references />
{{Template:Campaignbox Control Indian territory}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]