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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.
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 Second Battle of Lexington occurred during Price's Missouri Expedition on October 19, 1864. Lexington was known as a center for Quantrill's Raiders during the war. Two months after the Civil War ended, many of these guerrilla fighters who had refused to honor the cease fire finally decided to take advantage of the special Federal amnesty ...
United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Confederate victory 2nd Boonville: September 13, 1861 Boonville: American Civil War Boonville Home Guardsmen-140, Missouri State Guard-800 United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Union victory 1st Lexington: September 13–20, 1861 Lexington: American Civil War Lexington Garrison-3,500 Missouri State ...
Amid the First Battle of Lexington on September 18, 1861, Clark commanded three six-pound artillery pieces and their cannoneers. [4] Clark's Battery, along with Bledsoe's Missouri Battery and Guibor's Battery kept the position of Colonel James A. Mulligan's Union forces under artillery fire.
Cannonball from the 1861 Battle of Lexington lodged in the upper left column of the Courthouse. There is a cannonball embedded in the upper left column, a remnant of the Civil War Battle of Lexington I, fought on September 18, 19 and 20, 1861. [2] The Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]
Price attacked Blunt with Shelby's division at Lexington on October 19, bringing on the Second Battle of Lexington. The Union soldiers put up a strong enough defense that Price was forced to commit more troops, and Blunt fell back in the evening. [31] The day after the fight at Lexington, Blunt fell back to the Little Blue River.