After the Battle

After the Battle, nearby homes were converted into makeshift hospitals where wounded were treated before being sent to larger hospitals in Mound City, Fort Scott, and Fort Leavenworth. Union soldiers killed in the fighting were buried in cemeteries in those towns, while some Confederate soldiers were buried on the battlefield in unmarked graves. The Union victory at Mine Creek forced Price's army out of Kansas and ended the Confederate threat to the state. The battle was one of the last significant engagements fought west of the Mississippi River. Civil War casualties at Mine Creek were 94 Union wounded, 15 killed, and 1 captured, and 250 Confederate wounded, 300 killed, and 600 captured. Samuel Reader painted the battle at Mine Creek, kept a diary, documented his service in the Kansas militia, and, after being captured at the Battle of the Big Blue, was forced to retreat with the Confederate Army to Mine Creek.

Kansas · United States