Battle of Hartville

Not to be confused with Battle of Hartsville.
Early morning arrival of the Union Forces down the Marshfield Road and the route of the supply train that continued north toward Lebanon. Merrill's troops were able to archive a 650 yard line of battle with no reserve.
Porters’ men come under fire after turning North on the road to Lebanon, from the 3rd Missouri and the 3rd Iowa with their sharps carbines and become disordered.
Battle of Hartville
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War
DateJanuary 9, 1863 (1863-01-09)– January 11, 1863 (1863-01-11)
Location
Wright County, Missouri
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Merrill John S. Marmaduke
Units involved
Southwestern District of Missouri Troops 4th Division, I Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department
Strength
~750
Casualties and losses
78 total
7 killed
64 wounded
7 missing or captured		 111 total
12 killed
96 wounded
3 missing or captured

The Battle of Hartville was fought January 11, 1863, in Wright County, Missouri, as part of John S. Marmaduke's first expedition into Missouri, during the American Civil War.