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On August 15, 1862 Union Major Emory S. Foster, under orders from Totten, led a 740-man combined force from Lexington to Lone Jack.Other forces were dispatched from Kansas under General James G. Blunt (2,500 men) and Missouri under General Fitz Henry Warren (600 men), but they would not arrive in time for the engagement.
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After recruiting a number of men, Cockrell and Jackman established a camp near Lone Jack, Missouri on August 15. [1] On August 16, Cockrell's force engaged a Union column commanded by Major Emory S. Foster as part of the Battle of Lone Jack. After a five-hour battle, the Union forces were defeated and forced to withdraw.
Foster was born in Greene County, Missouri.. He was a staunch Unionist whose brother Marshall was murdered by secessionists in early 1861 on his way to vote. [1] During the American Civil War, on Emory formed a Unionist Home Guard company called "Foster's Mounted Rangers" in which he served as captain, enlisting on August 28, 1861. [2]
Lone Jack was platted in 1841. [5] Its name comes from a single black jack tree that stood as a local landmark. [6] A post office has been in operation at Lone Jack since 1839. [7] On August 16, 1862, Federal troops were defeated in the Battle of Lone Jack by a much larger Confederate force. The fighting literally occurred on the main street ...
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The Mount Baker area was flooded with prospectors which led to the staking of many claims both patented and unpatented. The most notable mines staked soon after the Lone Jack are the Boundary Red Mountain Mine, Garget Mine (a.k.a. Gold Run Mine), Gold Basin Mine, Silver Tip Mine, and the Evergreen Mine. [1] [2] [3]
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