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Battle of Buffington Island
St. Georges Creek

Began:

July 19, 1863

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Meigs County, Ohio

Theater:

Western Theater

Campaign:

Morgan’s Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio

Outcome:

Union victory

Combatants

Commanders

Edward H. Hobson
Brigadier General, USA

John Hunt Morgan
Brigadier General, CSA

Strength

3,000

1,700

Casualties

900

On July 13, Morgan's raiders crossed into Ohio at Harrison, pursued by several columns of Union cavalry under overall direction of Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson. On July 19, Kautz's and Judah's brigades attacked Morgan near Buffington Island. During the night, Morgan and about 400 men escaped encirclement by following a narrow woods path. The rest of his force surrendered. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, July 1863

Tebbs' Bend -- Lebanon -- Corydon -- Buffington Island -- Salineville

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1863

Eastern Theater	Fort Anderson -- Kelly's Ford -- Washington, NC -- Suffolk -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Stoneman's Raid -- Chancellorsville -- Salem Church--2nd Marye's Heights -- Brandy Station -- 2nd Winchester -- Middleburg -- Aldie -- Upperville -- Sporting Hill -- Hanover -- Gettysburg -- Carlisle -- Hunterstown -- Fairfield -- Monterey Pass -- Williamsport -- Boonsboro -- Funkstown -- Manassas Gap -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- Droop Mountain -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- Mine Run -- Charlestown

Western Theater	Arkansas Post -- Dover -- Thompson's Station -- Vaught's Hill -- Brentwood -- 1st Franklin -- Grand Gulf -- Snyder’s Bluff -- Day's Gap -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Jackson, MS -- Champion Hill -- Big Black River Bridge -- Vicksburg -- Milliken's Bend -- Hoover's Gap -- Goodrich's Landing -- Helena -- Tebbs' Bend -- Lebanon -- Corydon -- Buffington Island -- Salineville -- 2nd Chattanooga -- Cumberland Gap -- Davis' Cross Roads -- Chickamauga -- Blountsville -- Wheeler's Raid -- Blue Springs -- Brown's Ferry -- Wauhatchie -- Collierville -- Campbell's Station -- Chattanooga -- Ringgold Gap -- Fort Sanders -- Bean's Station -- Mossy Creek

Trans-Mississippi Theater	2nd Galveston -- 2nd Springfield -- Hartville -- Cape Girardeau-- Chalk Bluff -- Cabin Creek -- Honey Springs -- Raid on Lawrence -- Devil's Backbone -- 2nd Sabine Pass -- Bayou Forche -- Baxter Springs -- Pine Bluff

Lower Seaboard Theater	1st Fort McAllister -- 1st Charleston Harbor -- Fort Bisland -- Irish Bend -- Vermillion Bayou -- Plains Store -- Port Hudson -- LaFourche Crossing -- 2nd Donaldsonville -- 1st Fort Wagner -- Grimball's Landing -- 2nd Fort Wagner -- 2nd Charleston Harbor -- 2nd Fort Sumter -- Kock's Plantation -- Stirling's Plantation -- Fort Brooke

Naval	Alabama vs Hatteras

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-On July 13, Morgan’s raiders crossed into Ohio at Harrison, pursued by several columns of Union cavalry under overall direction of Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson. On July 19, Kautz’s and Judah’s brigades attacked Morgan near Buffington Island.  During the night, Morgan and about 400 men escaped encirclement by following a narrow woods path. The rest of his force surrendered. (''NPS summary'')
+On July 13, Morgan's raiders crossed into Ohio at Harrison, pursued by several columns of Union cavalry under overall direction of Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson. On July 19, Kautz's and Judah's brigades attacked Morgan near Buffington Island.  During the night, Morgan and about 400 men escaped encirclement by following a narrow woods path. The rest of his force surrendered. (''NPS summary'')
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 [[File:Battle of Buffington Island Monument-Ohio.jpg|450px|left|Monument plaque]]

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