Description: The Siege of Lexington, Missouri, Missouri, Civil War Series, Paperback Following victories at Carthage and Wilson's Creek in the summer of 1861, the Confederate-allied Missouri State Guard achieved its greatest success when it advanced on Lexington in September. Former Missouri governor General Sterling Price and his men laid siege for three days against a Union garrison under the command of Colonel James Mulligan. An ingenious mobile breastwork of hemp bales soaked in water, designed to absorb hot shot, enabled the Confederates to close in on September 20 and force surrender. Civil War historian Larry Wood delivers a thorough account of the battle that briefly consolidated Confederate control in the region.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781626195363
Book Title: Siege of Lexington, Missouri: the Battle of the Hemp Bales
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Larry Wood
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: History
Item Weight: 9.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
