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Federal Colonels Frederick W. Benteen and John H. Philips led the attack in one of the largest cavalry battles of the Civil War and a major battle fought in Kansas. Their dramatic story comes alive at Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield.
The Battle of Mine Creek, also known as the Battle of Little Osage, was fought on October 25, 1864, in Linn County, Kansas, as part of Price's Missouri Campaign during the American Civil War. Major-General Sterling Price had begun an expedition in September 1864 to restore Confederate control of Missouri. After being defeated at Westport near ...
Mine Creek was the largest Civil War battle fought in Kansas and one of the largest cavalry engagements of the Civil War.
On October 25, 1864, approximately 2,800 Union troops attacked and defeated about 8,000 Confederates along the banks of Mine Creek. It was one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War, and the only major battle fought in Kansas.
Mine Creek Battle - October 25, 1864. One of the largest cavalry battles of the Civil War was fought in the fields around Mine Creek. In August 1864 Confederate Major General Sterling Price received orders to invade Missouri. He was to bring Missouri into the confederacy and at the same time weaken Abraham Lincoln’s chance at reelection.
One of the largest cavalry engagements of the Civil War (and the largest west of the Mississippi River) was fought at the Mine Creek Battlefield in Kansas on October 25, 1864 near present day Pleasanton when 2,500 Union soldiers defeated nearly 3 times that number of Confederate soldiers.
Mine Creek Battlefield - Plan your visit. Hours. Visitor center: open April 17 - October 13, 2024; closed state holidays. Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 5 p.m. Sunday. Grounds: open year round (dawn to dusk) for self-guided tours. Free admission.
Mine Creek Battlefield, a Kansas State Historic Site, has a 3,000-square-foot visitor center that houses hands-on exhibits. Inside the center, visitors can see Civil War-era uniforms, learn about eyewitnesses to the battle, view vivid sketches, and see weapons from the battle.
The Battle of Mine Creek was the largest Civil War conflict fought in Kansas, and one of the larger cavalry engagements of the war. Pleasonton’s decisive victory decimated Price’s Army of Missouri.
The American Battlefield Trust’s Battle of Mine Creek Map shows troop movements and preservation progress for this 1864 cavalry action in Kansas.