Battle of Whitney's Lane
| Battle of Whitney's Lane | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Samuel R. Curtis Frederick Steele Henry W. Halleck Peter J. Osterhaus | John Selden Roane | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 | 1,200 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 51 | 10 | ||||||
The Battle of Whitney's Lane, also known as the Action at Whitney's Lane, was a small, but psychologically important, land battle of the American Civil War fought on May 19, 1862, in north-central Arkansas.