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The siege of Lexington, also known as the first battle of Lexington or the Battle of the Hemp Bales, was a minor conflict of the American Civil War.The siege took place from September 13 to 20, 1861, [3] between the Union Army and the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard in Lexington, county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri.
The Battle of Lexington State Historic Site is a state-owned property located in the city of Lexington, Missouri.The site was established in 1958 to preserve the grounds where an American Civil War battle took place in 1861 between Confederate troops led by Major-General Sterling Price and federal troops led by Colonel James A. Mulligan.
1st Lexington: September 13–20, 1861 Lexington: American Civil War Lexington Garrison-3,500 Missouri State Guard-15,000 800 KIA, 1,000 POW United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Confederate victory Blue Mills Landing: September 17, 1861 Clay County: American Civil War Union-600, Missouri State Guard-3,500 126 United States vs. Missouri ...
The Second Battle of Lexington was a minor battle fought during Price's Raid as part of the American Civil War.Hoping to draw Union Army forces away from more important theaters of combat and potentially affect the outcome of the 1864 United States presidential election, Sterling Price, a major general in the Confederate States Army, led an offensive into the state of Missouri on September 19 ...
The First Battle of Lexington, often referred to as the "Battle of the Hemp Bales", commenced on September 13, 1861, when 12,500 soldiers of the Missouri State Guard began a siege of Mulligan's diminutive command (only 3,500 in all), entrenched around the town's old Masonic College. [3]
The Battle of Lexington, Fought in and About the City of Lexington, Missouri on September 18, 19 and 20th, 1861. Lexington Historical Society. 1903. Lexington Historical Society. 1903. Lexington , Missouri Sesquicentennial Commemorative Book, 1972.
The Battle of Cole Camp was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 19, 1861, in Benton County, Missouri. The Union loss provided an open path for the fleeing governor and Missouri State Guard away from Lyon's force in Boonville .
Missouri in the American Civil War was divided, with the southern and central portion of the state pro-Confederacy, and most of the rest pro-Union. By the end of the Civil War, Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and at least 40,000 troops for the Confederate Army with additional bands of pro–Confederate guerrillas. [4]