Battle of Crooked River
Skirmish during the 1838 Mormon War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Battle of Crooked River | |||||||
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Part of Missouri Mormon War and Mormon Wars | |||||||
A painting of the Battle of Crooked River, October 24th 1838 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mormon forces | Missouri state militia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
David W. Patten† |
David Rice Atchison Samuel Bogart | ||||||
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Unknown | 1 company | ||||||
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3 killed, 8 wounded[1] | 1 killed, 1 wounded |
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The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish between Mormon forces and a Missouri state militia unit from southeast of Elmira, Missouri, in Ray County; the militia unit was under the command of Samuel Bogart. The battle was one of the principal points of conflict in the 1838 Missouri Mormon War. After the battle, the governor of Missouri issued Missouri Executive Order 44, sometimes called the "Extermination Order", which led to the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri.