The First Battle of Newtonia was fought on September 30, 1862, near Newtonia, Missouri, during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel Douglas H. Cooper's soldiers clashed with Union brigadier general Frederick C. Salomon's column. Cooper's force consisted mostly of cavalry including a brigade of Native Americans. Union colonel Edward Lynde's force was driven out of Newtonia during the morning. Both sides brought up reinforcements, and seesaw fighting took place during the afternoon. Shortly before nightfall, the Confederates made an all-out attack, causing Salomon to withdraw. Union militia covered the retreat, although Confederate artillery fire turned it into a disorderly rout. Union casualties were approximately 245, against Confederate losses of 78. Union brigadier general James G. Blunt's whole division advanced towards Newtonia in early October, and Cooper abandoned Missouri. A portion of the battlefield was listed in 2004 as the First Battle of Newtonia Historic District.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1551:

Sue Takafusa, a retainer of the Ōuchi clan in western Japan, led a coup against the daimyō Ōuchi Yoshitaka, leading to the latter's forced suicide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainei-ji_incident

1863:

Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_p%C3%AAcheurs_de_perles

1939:

Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski

1965:

Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against the Indonesian government that was crushed by the military under Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000 people killed over the following months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

matitudinal: Synonym of matutinal (“of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up”) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/matitudinal

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Any human being is a sanctuary. Every human being is a dwelling of God — man or woman or child, Christian or Jewish or Buddhist. Any person, by virtue of being a son or daughter of humanity, is a living sanctuary whom nobody has the right to invade.   --Elie Wiesel https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel