- Date
- September 19, 1862
- Location
- Near Iuka, Mississippi
- Result
- Union victory
- Part of
- American Civil War
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
About the battle
The Battle of Iuka was fought on September 19, 1862, in Iuka, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. In the opening battle of the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans stopped the advance of the Confederate Army of the West commanded by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price. Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant brought two armies to confront Price in a pincer movement: a double envelopment, with Rosecrans' Army of the Mississippi approaching Iuka from the southwest, and three divisions of their own Army of the Tennessee, under Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, approaching from the northwest.
From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Iuka”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.
