Skirmish at Potosi, MO - Civil War Battles from the Official Records

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Skirmish at Potosi, MO
in the American Civil War
August 10, 1861

Online Books:
Official Records, Union and Confederate Reports (Pages 130-131)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by the United States War Department, 1880

Union Battle Summary

Potosi, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861. Missouri Home Guards. About 150 Confederate cavalry attacked the home guards at Potosi at 6 p.m., but after a few minutes' fighting they were driven from the town with a loss of 5 men wounded. The home guards also had 5 wounded.

Source: The Union Army, Volume 6, Cyclopedia of Battles, 1908

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