Editing Second Battle of Springfield (section)

{{Short description|January 8, 1863, battle in the American Civil War}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Second Battle of Springfield
| partof      = the [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi Theater]] of the<br>[[American Civil War]]
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| caption     = 
| date        = {{Start date|1863|1|8}}
| place       = [[Springfield, Missouri]]
| result      = [[United States of America|Union]] victory
| combatant1  = {{flagicon|USA|1861}} [[United States]] ([[Union (American Civil War)|Union]])
| combatant2  = {{flagicon|CSA|1861}} [[Confederate States of America|CSA (Confederacy)]]
| commander1  = [[Egbert B. Brown]]
| commander2  = [[John S. Marmaduke]]
| units1      = Southwestern District of Missouri
| units2      = 4th Division, I Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department
| strength1   =  2,099
| strength2   =  1,870
| casualties1 = 231 total<br/>30 killed<br/>195 wounded<br/>6 missing
| casualties2 = ~290 total
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Marmaduke's First Expedition into Missouri}}
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The '''Second Battle of Springfield''' took place during the [[American Civil War]] on January 8, 1863, in [[Springfield, Missouri]]. It is sometimes known as '''The Battle of Springfield'''. (The [[Battle of Springfield I|First Battle of Springfield]] was fought on October 25, 1861, and there was also the better-known [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]], fought nearby on August 10, 1861.) Fighting was urban and house-to-house, which was rare in the war.