Sacking of Osceola

Sacking of Osceola
	Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Date	September 23, 1861
Location	Osceola, Missouri
Result	Union victory Plundering and burning of Osceola; 200 slaves freed; Outrage and hatred among Missourans lead them to sacking of Lawrence;
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

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.

Aftermath[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

↑ 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.

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[1] Sunderwith, Richard, The Burning of Osceola, Missouri

[Spurgeon-2] Spurgeon, Ian (2009), Man of Douglas, man of Lincoln: the political odyssey of James Henry Lane, University of Missouri Press, pp. 185–88

[3] ttps://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/population/1860a-23.pdf

[castel142-4] Castel, Albert E. (1999). William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 142.

[5] 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.

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v t e Kansas in the American Civil War
Pre-War	Kansas–Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas Wakarusa War Sacking of Lawrence Pottawatomie massacre Battle of Black Jack First and Second Battles of Franklin Battle of Fort Titus Battle of Osawatomie Marais des Cygnes massacre
September 1861	Battle of Dry Wood Creek Sacking of Osceola
August 1863	Lawrence massacre General Order No. 11
October 1863	Baxter Springs massacre
October 1864	Battle of Marais des Cygnes Battle of Mine Creek
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