Battle of Dove Creek
| Battle of Dove Creek | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kickapoo Indians | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| No-ko-aht |
Henry Fossett S.S. Totten | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 400–600 |
Frontier Battalion (161) Texas Militia (325) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Totten claims 100 killed, Kickapoo and Fossett claim between ~12–23 (probably more accurate) |
22 killed 19 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Dove Creek was a small engagement during the American Civil War that took place January 8, 1865, along Dove Creek in what is now southwest Tom Green County, Texas. Texan soldiers under Confederate captains Henry Fossett and S.S. Totten, misunderstanding which tribe occupied a discovered camp, attacked a tribe of peaceful Kickapoo Indians and were badly beaten by an organized defense.