Battle of Mount Zion Church
The Battle of Mount Zion Church was fought on December 28, 1861, in Boone County, near Mount Zion Church, during the American Civil War. The resulting Union victory here and elsewhere in central Missouri ended Confederate recruiting activities in the region and pushed conventional Confederate forces out of the area until the desperate fall 1864 invasion by General Sterling Price and his Missouri State Guard.
| Battle of Mount Zion Church | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
Mt. Zion Church from the west | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States (Union) | Missouri (Confederate) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Benjamin M. Prentiss | Caleb W. Dorsey | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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3rd Missouri Cavalry Birge's Western Sharpshooters | Missouri State Guard | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 440 | ~900 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 dead 63 wounded 4 captured |
~25 dead ~150 wounded 60 captured | ||||||
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