Battle of Middle Creek

	Middle Creek Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city	Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Built	1862
NRHP reference No.	91001665
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1992

Battle of Middle Creek
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Eastern portion of the field, looking toward Garfield's command post
Date	January 10, 1862
Location	Floyd County, Kentucky
Result	Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
James A. Garfield	Humphrey Marshall
Units involved
18th Brigade (consisted of 14th Kentucky (USA), 22nd Kentucky (USA), 1st Kentucky Cavalry (USA), 40th Ohio, and 42nd Ohio)	(5th Kentucky (CSA), 54th Virginia, Jeffress' Artillery Battery, cavalry companies of Cameron, Clay, Holliday, Shawhan, Stone, Thomas)
Strength
2,100	2,500
Casualties and losses
27	65

The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War.^[2] It was the only battle personally commanded by future president James A. Garfield, then a colonel in the Union Army.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

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