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| Colonel Odon Guitar |
Confederate
Colonel John A Poindexter commanding about 1300 men was trapped up against the
Grand River in Missouri near the Compton Ferry by Union Colonel Odon Guitar. The Union troops caught the Confederates as
they were trying to cross the river.
Eight rounds fired from the Union artillery sent Poindexter’s men into a
complete rout. Poindexter would be
captured in early September after having been wounded.
This small
battle effectively put an end to the Confederate recruiting operations in
northwest Missouri.
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