Sacking of Osceola
The Sacking of Osceola was a Kansas Jayhawker attack to move pro-slavery Southerners at Osceola, Missouri on September 23, 1861. It was not approved by the Union military. The attack happened from an informal group of anti-slavery Kansas "Jayhawkers".[2] The town of 2,077 people was plundered and burned to the ground. 200 slaves were freed and nine local citizens were court-martialed and killed.[3] It was led by James H. Lane.
| Sacking of Osceola | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kansas Irregular Jayhawkers |
 Citizens of Osceola | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| James H. Lane | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Kansas Brigade | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
17 killed 8 wounded | 9 executed[1] | ||||||
Aftermath
Lane's raid created hatred that led to William Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas.[4] That raid led to four counties of western Missouri under General Order No. 11 to be evacuated.[5]
References
- ↑ Sunderwith, Richard, The Burning of Osceola, Missouri
- ↑ Spurgeon, Ian (2009), Man of Douglas, man of Lincoln: the political odyssey of James Henry Lane, University of Missouri Press, pp. 185–88
- ↑ https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/population/1860a-23.pdf
- ↑ Castel, Albert E. (1999). William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 142.
- ↑ Coffey, Walter (2012). The Civil War Months: A Month-By-Month Compendium of the War Between the States By Walter Coffey. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. p. 207. ISBN 9781468580211.
Other websites
- Civilwarstlouis.com history Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
Coordinates: 38°2′47″N 93°41′58″W / 38.04639°N 93.69944°W
This short article about the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.