Battle of Baxter Springs

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath increased Union control in Kansas
gptkbp:casualties Confederate: 50
Union: 105
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:commander Colonel James G. Blunt
gptkbp:date October 6, 1863
gptkbp:duration one day
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_the_Little_Blue_River
gptkbp:historical_context part of the larger struggle for control of Missouri and Kansas
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_A._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Colonel_William_R._Judson
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_M._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_S._Marmaduke
gptkb:Colonel_John_A._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Major_John_A._Mc_Culloch
Brigadier General Sterling Price
Colonel James G. Blunt
gptkbp:historical_significance demonstrated the ongoing conflict in the region
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Baxter Springs
gptkbp:legacy commemorated in local history
gptkbp:location gptkb:Baxter_Springs,_Kansas
gptkbp:military_outcome strategic advantage for Union forces
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:General_Sterling_Price
gptkb:General_John_S._Marmaduke
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Scott
gptkbp:primary_source eyewitness accounts
newspaper articles
military reports
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Battle_of_Prairie_Grove
gptkb:Battle_of_Wilson's_Creek
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance part of the larger conflict in the Trans-Mississippi Theater
gptkbp:strategy ambush by Confederate forces
gptkbp:tactics cavalry engagement
gptkbp:terrain wooded area
gptkbp:type skirmish
gptkbp:weather_conditions rainy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quantrill_the_Raider
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7