The Battle of Jonesboro took place at the Craighead County Court House in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on August 2, 1862. Company I, 30th Arkansas Infantry of the Fifth Trans-Mississippi Confederate army, under the command of Captain Mitchel A. Adair, defeated Company I, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry of the United States Army of the Southwest under the command of Lieutenant Charles l. Porter. Seven Yankees and one Confederate were killed in the battle.