September 30, 1862---The Battle of Newtonia, Missouri

SEPTEMBER 30, 1862:     

The Battle of Newtonia, Missouri.   

Pro-Union Indian troops, mostly refugees driven out of Indian Territory by pro-Confederate Indian troops, do battle with those very same pro-Confederates. Although the Union troops are better equipped, they are badly beaten and fall back ten miles, but, meeting reinforcements, return to the attack. The pro-Confederate Indians are ultimately forced out of southwestern Missouri into Arkansas.