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Second Battle of Cabin Creek

Second Battle of Cabin Creek was a battle fought on 19 September 1864 at Mayes County, in what is now Oklahoma, United States. It was part of the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. The recorded result: Confederate victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 cavalry and 6 guns against 150 mounted and 470 dismounted cavalry.

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Fought19 September 1864
WhereMayes County, Oklahoma, United States36.489N, 95.123W
OutcomeConfederate victory
BelligerentsConfederate StatesagainstUnited States (Union)
Casualties and losses9 dead and 38 woundedand35 dead, wounded or missing
Battlefield today battlefieldNPS site civil-war:
Part ofTrans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War

Where it sits in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War

Siege of Lexington, 1861Engagement near Carthage, 1861Battle of Wilson's Creek, 1861Action at Blue Mills Landing, 1861Engagement at Fredericktown, 1861Action at Springfield, 1861Battle of Belmont, 1861Battle of St. Charles, 1862Battle of Moore's Mill, 1862First Battle of Newtonia, 1862Skirmish at Island Mound, 1862Battle of Cane Hill, 1862Battle of Cape Girardeau, 1863Battle of Devil's Backbone, 1863Second Battle of Cabin Creek, 186418611864Second Battle of Cabin Creek, 1864
15 placed engagements of the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date19 September 1864
PlaceMayes County, Oklahoma, United States
36.489N, 95.123W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength2,000 cavalry and 6 guns150 mounted and 470 dismounted cavalry
Casualties and losses9 dead and 38 wounded35 dead, wounded or missing
Commanders
  • Richard Montgomery Gano
  • Stand Watie
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The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the battlefield (site civil-war: ).

Second Battle of Cabin Creek is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (17 in Oklahoma).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q106797802, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Cabin Creek, revision 1370735985, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.