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Middle Boggy Battle

Atoka County
Location: on grounds of Atoka Museum and Civil War Cemetery, Atoka
Coordinates: 34.399041, -96.116674
Material: Granite
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Military; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

In February 1864, a Confederate encampment at the Middle Boggy River was suddenly attacked by a Union force under Maj. Charles Willets. The battle lasted only thirty minutes. Confederate reinforcements arrived on the battlefield to discover that their wounded had been executed.

Note: This marker has been replaced by the Civil War Burial Site marker.

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