Battle of Yellow Creek (1862) manufactured tobacco, cigars, and such like articles at said stand, without taking a license therefor, either state, county or corporation, so that he do not sell distilled or spirituous liquors at said place. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 17, 1863.” Battle of Yellow Creek (1862) The Battle of Yellow Creek (also known as Skirmish at Yellow Creek) was an action during the American Civil War, occurring August 13, 1862, along the Yellow Creek in Chariton County, Missouri. The Battle of Yellow Creek followed an earlier battle at Compton's
Battle of Cabin Creek two howitzers were en route as a relief force. The train arrived at Cabin Creek station during the afternoon of September 18. On 16 September, as they were waiting for the supply train, the Confederates happened to encounter a detachment of black Union soldiers conducting hay-making operations at Flat Rock, near the confluence of Flat Rock Creek and the Grand River, about northeast of present-day Wagoner, Oklahoma and northwest of Fort Gibson. Captain E. A. Barker leading a small group of the 2nd Kansas Cavalry and a detachment from the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, who were guarding the operation, were