Missouri in the Crossfire: Civil War Chronicles

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  • Sacking of Osceola — September 22-23, 1861

    Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 10 Sacking of Osceola — September 22–23, 1861: James H. Lane’s Kansas Brigade burned Osceola, deepening the cycle of border-war retaliation. Osceola is where Missouri’s war stops feeling like “armies vs. armies” and starts feeling like homes vs. fire. In late September 1861, a raid turns into a civilian…

  • First Battle of Lexington — September 13-20, 1861

    Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 9 First Battle of Lexington (Battle of the Hemp Bales) — September 13–20, 1861: Sterling Price captured the Union garrison using the famous hemp-bale assault. Lexington is one of the most “only in Missouri” battles of the entire war—because the most famous weapon on the field wasn’t a cannon.…

  • Battle of Blue Mills Landing (Liberty) — September 17, 1861

    Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 8 Battle of Blue Mills Landing — September 17, 1861: Missouri State Guard ambushes Union troops near Liberty, opening the way to reinforce Price at Lexington. Blue Mills Landing is the kind of Missouri fight people don’t expect — not a grand battlefield, but a river-bottom trap where the…

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