Battle of Athens (1861)
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For other uses, see Battle of Athens (disambiguation).
The Battle of Athens was an American Civil War skirmish that took place in northeast Missouri in 1861 near present Revere and southeast Iowa along the Des Moines River across from Croton (3 miles southeast of Farmington). The Union victory has the distinction of being the most northerly of Civil War Battles fought west of the Mississippi, and also of being the only such battle fought along the Iowa border.
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Battle of Athens | |||||||
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Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Missouri (Confederate) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Col. David Moore | Col. Martin E. Green | ||||||
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1st Northeast Missouri Home Guard (333–500) | II Division Missouri State Guard (~2,000 men plus 3 cannon) | ||||||
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3 killed 20 wounded | 31 killed & wounded |
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