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Battle of St. Charles

Battle of St. Charles was a battle fought on 17 June 1862 at Arkansas County, in what is now Arkansas, United States. It was part of the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. The recorded result: Union victory.

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Battle of St. Charles
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Fought17 June 1862
WhereArkansas County, Arkansas, United States34.378N, 91.126W
OutcomeUnion victory
BelligerentsUnited States (Union)againstConfederate States
Battlefield todaySaint Charles battlefieldNPS site AR002, 2,681 acres studied, 1,255 core
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, 186418611864Battle of St. Charles, 1862
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

Date17 June 1862
PlaceArkansas County, Arkansas, United States
34.378N, 91.126W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Commanders
  • Graham N. Fitch
  • Augustus Kilty
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Saint Charles battlefield (site AR002): a study area of 2,681 acres, with a core area of 1,255 acres where the fighting was concentrated; 2,541 acres retain enough integrity to be potentially eligible for the National Register.

Battle of St. Charles is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (32 in Arkansas).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q104726548, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of St. Charles, revision 1370274620, 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.