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Jackson County, Missouri
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Trans-Mississippi Theater
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Operations North of Boston Mountains
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Confederate victory
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Maj. Emory S. Foster, under orders, led an 800-man combined force from Lexington to Lone Jack. Upon reaching the Lone Jack area, he discovered 1,600 Rebels under Col. J.T. Coffee and prepared to attack them. About 9:00 pm on the 15th, he and his men attacked the Confederate camp and dispersed the force. Early the next morning, Union pickets informed Foster that a 3,000-man Confederate force was advancing on him. Soon afterwards, this force attacked and a battle ensued that involved charges, retreats, and counterattacks. After five hours of fighting and the loss of Foster, Coffee and his 1,500 men reappeared, causing Foster’s successor, Capt. M.H. Brawner to order a retreat. The men left the field in good order and returned to Lexington. This was a Confederate victory, but the Rebels had to evacuate the area soon afterward, when threatened by the approach of large Union forces. Except for a short period of time during Price’s Raid, in 1864, the Confederacy lost its clout in Jackson County. (NPS summary)
Order of battle
Union
- 7th Missouri Cavalry (companies A,C,E,F,I; 265 men); Capt. Milton H. Brawner
- 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Companies A,B,E; 149 men); Capt. W. Plumb
- 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Companies F,H; 140 men)
- 2nd Battalion Missouri State Cavalry (Companies A,C,F; 81 men); Capt. J.H. Long
- 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Company H; 69 men); Capt. E. Slocum
- 3rd Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery|3rd Indiana Artillery (1 section of two 12-pounder James Rifles; 36 men); 2Lt. James S. Develin/Sgt. James M. Scott[1]
Confederate
- Colonel Jeremiah Cockrell
- Hays Regiment recruits (400 men); Col. Upton Hays
- Hunter's Regiment recruits (750 men); Col. DeWitt C. Hunter
- Jackman's Regiment recruits (450 men); Lt. Col. Sidney Drake Jackman
- Tracy's Regiment recruits (350 men); Lt. Col. John Charles Tracy
- Coffee's Regiment recruits (800 men; Col. John T. Coffee[2]
References
- ↑ Banasik, Michael E., Embattled Arkansas: The Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862, Broadfoot Publishing, 1998, page 504
- ↑ Matthews, Matt and Lindberg, Kip, "Shot All to Pieces, the Battle of Lone Jack, Missouri, August 16, 1862", North and South, Vol. 7, No. 1, January, 2004
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