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  • Battle of Athens (1861)
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  • 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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Strength
  • 1
  • II Division Missouri State Guard
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Partof
  • the American Civil War
Date
  • 1861-08-05
Commander
  • Col. David Moore
  • Col. Martin E. Green
Casualties
  • 3
  • 20
  • 31
Result
combatant
  • Missouri State Guard
  • Missouri Home Guard (Union)
Place
  • Clark County, Missouri
Conflict
  • Battle of Athens
abstract
  • 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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