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The sacking of Osceola was a Kansas Jayhawker initiative on September 23, 1861, to push out pro-slavery Southerners at Osceola, Missouri. It was not authorized by Union military authorities but was the work of an informal group of anti-slavery Kansas "Jayhawkers". [ 2 ]
The pillaging of Osceola by Kansas Jayhawkers and Red Legs is thought to have provided Cogburn's motive for taking part in William Quantrill's infamous sack of Lawrence, Kansas which serves as a biographical background to the story. [18] Osceola is the main theme for Osceola, Missouri, The Burning of 1861, by Richard F. Sunderwirth.
Sacking of Osceola; S. USS St. Clair County This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 15:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
During the Civil War, the town was the site of the sacking of Osceola in September 1861. The historical event occurred when an unauthorized Jayhawker (group of anti-slavery guerrillas) attack ...
Lane's Kansas brigade was notorious for its Jayhawker-style raids into Missouri at the start of the war, particularly the Sacking of Osceola. Noted historian Albert Castel describes Montgomery as "a sincere, if unscrupulous, antislavery zealot." [9]
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Sacking of Osceola; P. Palmyra massacre; Price's Missouri Expedition; S. Shelby's Raid (1863) This page was last edited on 6 December 2015, at 21:27 (UTC). Text ...