39°29′50.45″N 94°7′36.96″W / 39.4973472°N 94.1269333°W
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 | ||||||
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 hostages captured the day prior, clashed with a militia company commanded by Samuel Bogart southeast of Elmira, Missouri, in Ray County. 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.