Battle of Crooked River

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Battle of Crooked River
Part of Missouri Mormon War and Mormon Wars
A painting of the Battle of Crooked River, October 24th 1838
Date 24 October 1838 Location Crooked River, Missouri Result Mormon victory
Belligerents
Mormon forces	Missouri Volunteer Militia
Commanders and leaders
David W. Patten†	David Rice Atchison Samuel Bogart
Strength
Unknown	1 company
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 8 wounded[1]	1 killed, 1 wounded

The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish occurred on October 25, 1838, a major escalator of the 1838 Mormon War. A Mormon rescue party, led by David W. Patten, formed to free three Mormon captives taken from Caldwell County the day prior, clashed with a Ray County militia company commanded by Samuel Bogart southeast of Elmira, Missouri. Exaggerated reports of the battle led Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs to issue Missouri executive order 44, resulting in the forced expulsion of the Mormons from the state.