Wall Art: Trans-Mississippi, Civil War - Battle of Newtonia

The First Battle of Newtonia - September 30, 1862. This is about 8:00am when the German Infantry of the 9th Wisconsin charged the stone wall surrounding the barn where Texas troops were ensconced. The Germans advanced under brutal fire to within 30 paces of the wall before falling back. About that time the Choctaw and Chickasaw regiment entered the battle and pursued the retreating soldiers while singing their war songs and giving the war whoop. The painting shows the barn, the modest town of Newtonia, the Ritchie Mansion, and the critical steam mill that the confederacy coveted.