Siege of Lexington, Missouri

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The Siege of Lexington, Missouri was a key early Civil War engagement in September 1861 in which Confederate forces under Sterling Price captured a strongly fortified Union garrison, boosting Southern control and morale in Missouri.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lexington ⓘ
Battle of the Hemp Bales ⓘ
attackingForceCommander Sterling Price ⓘ
belligerentRole Missouri State Guard conducting siege operations ⓘ
Union forces defending a fortified garrison ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses Missouri State Guard – comparatively lighter casualties ⓘ
Union – significant casualties and capture of most of the garrison ⓘ
combatant Confederate States-aligned Missouri State Guard ⓘ
Union ⓘ
commandedSide James A. Mulligan – Union garrison ⓘ
Sterling Price – Missouri State Guard ⓘ
linked to: Sterling Price
commander James A. Mulligan ⓘ
Sterling Price ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
consequence Boosted Southern morale in Missouri ⓘ
Increased Confederate and Missouri State Guard control over parts of Missouri ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDetail Main assault and surrender occurred on September 18–20, 1861 ⓘ
defensivePosition Entrenched Union lines around the Masonic College ⓘ
Union fortifications on College Hill ⓘ
endDate 1861-09-20 ⓘ
followedBy Union counteroffensives in Missouri later in 1861 ⓘ
garrisonCommander James A. Mulligan ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
locatedIn Lafayette County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
location Lexington, Missouri ⓘ
notableTactic Use of water-soaked hemp bales as movable breastworks by attackers ⓘ
objective Capture of Union garrison at Lexington ⓘ
Control of central Missouri along the Missouri River ⓘ
outcome Surrender of Union garrison under James A. Mulligan ⓘ
partOf Missouri campaign of 1861 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ
relatedMilitaryUnit Missouri State Guard ⓘ
Union volunteer regiments from Illinois and Missouri ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
significance Demonstrated effectiveness of improvised field fortification tactics ⓘ
Key early-war engagement in the struggle for Missouri ⓘ
startDate 1861-09-12 ⓘ
stateDuringConflict Slave state remaining in the Union but contested by secessionists ⓘ
strength Missouri State Guard approximately 10,000–15,000 men ⓘ
Union garrison approximately 2,500–3,500 men ⓘ
theater Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ
year 1861 ⓘ

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Battle of Wilson's Creek → followedBy → Siege of Lexington, Missouri ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Wilson’s Creek
Missouri State Guard → notableEngagement → Siege of Lexington, Missouri (1861) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Lexington, Missouri