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The battle was fought because the south wanted to control the state of Missouri. It was fought March 6-8, 1862 in Benton County ,Arkansas. It resulted with another Union victory with the unions 10,500 troops to 16,500 of the confederacy with estimated death count of 2,000 casualty or loses to the south compared to the norths 1,348.
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