Battle of Cole Camp | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
Abel H. W. Cook | Walter S. O'Kane | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Benton County Home Guard (400–600) | O'Kane's Battalion Missouri State Guard (350) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
35 killed 60 wounded 25 captured |
7 killed 25 wounded |
The Battle of Cole Camp was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 19, 1861, in Benton County, Missouri. The Union loss provided an open path for the fleeing governor and Missouri State Guard away from Lyon's force in Boonville.