Union Soldiers

On July 17, 1863, Union soldiers fought and died here in the Battle of Honey Springs. Major General James G. Blunt began moving 3,000 Union troops south on the Texas Road on July 15 to prevent a Confederate attack on Fort Gibson. The battle took place north of the depot, where 5,000 Confederate troops were deployed along the road. Despite desperate Confederate resistance, Blunt's troops forced a Confederate retreat and won a Union victory. Union units in the battle were the First Indian Home Guard, Second Indian Home Guard, Third Indian Home Guard, First Kansas Colored Infantry, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, Second Kansas Battery, Hopkins' Kansas Battery, Second Colorado Infantry, and Third Wisconsin Cavalry.

Rentiesville, Oklahoma · United States