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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wilson%27s_Creek" title="Battle of Wilson&#39;s Creek">Wilson's Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dry_Wood_Creek" title="Battle of Dry Wood Creek">Dry Wood Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Lexington" title="First Battle of Lexington">1st Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_at_Blue_Mills_Landing" title="Action at Blue Mills Landing">Blue Mills Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engagement_at_Fredericktown" title="Engagement at Fredericktown">Fredericktown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Springfield" title="First Battle of Springfield">1st Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Zion_Church" title="Battle of Mount Zion Church">Mount Zion Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirmish_at_Blackwater_Creek" title="Skirmish at Blackwater Creek">Blackwater Creek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>sacking of Osceola</b> was a Kansas <a href="/wiki/Jayhawker" title="Jayhawker">Jayhawker</a> initiative on September 23, 1861, to push out pro-slavery Southerners at <a href="/wiki/Osceola,_Missouri" title="Osceola, Missouri">Osceola, Missouri</a>. It was not authorized by Union military authorities but was the work of an informal group of anti-slavery Kansas "Jayhawkers".<sup id="cite_ref-Spurgeon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spurgeon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 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 executed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacking_of_Osceola&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/Sterling_Price" title="Sterling Price">Sterling Price</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_Guard" title="Missouri State Guard">Missouri State Guard</a> victory over General <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Lyon" title="Nathaniel Lyon">Nathaniel Lyon</a>'s Union army at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wilson%27s_Creek" title="Battle of Wilson&#39;s Creek">Battle of Wilson's Creek</a>, Price continued to push North through Western Missouri. </p><p>Lane moved to intercept the Missouri State Guard, but was defeated by Price at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dry_Wood_Creek" title="Battle of Dry Wood Creek">Battle of Dry Wood Creek</a>. Lane retreated and Price continued his offensive further into Missouri to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lexington_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Lexington I">Siege of Lexington</a>. </p><p>While Price moved North, Lane launched an attack behind him. After crossing the Missouri border at <a href="/wiki/Trading_Post,_Kansas" title="Trading Post, Kansas">Trading Post, Kansas</a> on September 10, Lane began an offensive moving East on <a href="/wiki/Butler,_Missouri" title="Butler, Missouri">Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrisonville,_Missouri" title="Harrisonville, Missouri">Harrisonville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osceola,_Missouri" title="Osceola, Missouri">Osceola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Missouri" title="Clinton, Missouri">Clinton, Missouri</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Osceola">Osceola</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacking_of_Osceola&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Osceola"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climax of the campaign was on September 23, 1861, at Osceola, where Lane's forces drove off a small Southern force and then looted and burned the town. An <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">artillery battery</a> under Capt. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moonlight" title="Thomas Moonlight">Thomas Moonlight</a> shelled the <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Missouri" title="St. Clair County, Missouri">St. Clair County courthouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to reports, many of the Kansans got so drunk that when it came time to leave they were unable to march and had to ride in wagons and carriages. They carried off with them a tremendous load of plunder, including as Lane's personal share a piano and a quantity of silk dresses. Lane led hundreds of slaves to Kansas and freedom. The troops moved northwest and arrived at <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, on September 29, to pursue Price as he retreated south through the state. </p><p>Osceola was captured and then plundered, with Lane's men freeing 200 slaves and taking 350 horses, 400 cattle, 3,000 bags of flour, and quantities of supplies from all the town shops and stores as well as carriages and wagons. Nine local men were rounded up, given a quick <a href="/wiki/Drumhead_court-martial" title="Drumhead court-martial">drumhead court-martial</a> trial, and executed. All but three of the town's 800 buildings burned; the town never fully recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-Spurgeon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spurgeon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacking_of_Osceola&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lane's raid stirred hatred that led to <a href="/wiki/William_Quantrill" title="William Quantrill">William Quantrill</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Massacre" title="Lawrence Massacre">raid on Lawrence</a>, Kansas,<sup id="cite_ref-castel142_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-castel142-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> leading in turn to the depopulation of four counties of western Missouri under <a href="/wiki/General_Order_No._11_(1863)" title="General Order No. 11 (1863)">General Order No. 11</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacking_of_Osceola&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Arsenal" title="Liberty Arsenal">Liberty Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Jackson_affair" title="Camp Jackson affair">Capture of Camp Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Harney_Truce" title="Price–Harney Truce">Harney–Price Convention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Combatants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Missouri_Confederate_Civil_War_units" title="List of Missouri Confederate Civil War units">Confederacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Missouri_Union_Civil_War_units" title="List of Missouri Union Civil War units">Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Campaigns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shelby%27s_Raid_(1863)" title="Shelby&#39;s Raid (1863)">Shelby's Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Price%27s_Missouri_Expedition" title="Price&#39;s Missouri Expedition">Price's Missouri Expedition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightgrey;">1861</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boonville" title="Battle of Boonville">Boonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cole_Camp" title="Battle of Cole Camp">Cole Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Carthage,_Missouri" title="Battle of Carthage, Missouri">Carthage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dug_Springs" title="Battle of Dug Springs">Battle of Dug Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1861)" title="Battle of Athens (1861)">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wilson%27s_Creek" title="Battle of Wilson&#39;s Creek">Wilson's Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dry_Wood_Creek" title="Battle of Dry Wood Creek">Dry Wood Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Lexington" title="First Battle of Lexington">1st Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_at_Blue_Mills_Landing" title="Action at Blue Mills Landing">Blue Mills Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engagement_at_Fredericktown" title="Engagement at Fredericktown">Fredericktown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_at_Springfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Action at Springfield">1st Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belmont" title="Battle of Belmont">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirmish_at_Blackwater_Creek" title="Skirmish at Blackwater Creek">Blackwater Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Zion_Church" title="Battle of Mount Zion Church">Mount Zion Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightgrey;">1862</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Roan%27s_Tan_Yard" title="Battle of Roan&#39;s Tan Yard">Roan's Tan Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Island_Number_Ten" title="Battle of Island Number Ten">New Madrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moore%27s_Mill" title="Battle of Moore&#39;s Mill">Moore's Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kirksville" title="Battle of Kirksville">Kirksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Independence" title="First Battle of Independence">1st Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lone_Jack" title="Battle of Lone Jack">Lone Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Newtonia" title="First Battle of Newtonia">1st Newtonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirmish_at_Island_Mound" title="Skirmish at Island Mound">Island Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Clark%27s_Mill" title="Battle of Clark&#39;s Mill">Clark's Mill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightgrey;">1863</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Springfield" title="Second Battle of Springfield">2nd Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hartville" title="Battle of Hartville">Hartville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Girardeau" title="Battle of Cape Girardeau">Cape Girardeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chalk_Bluff" title="Battle of Chalk Bluff">Chalk Bluff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightgrey;">1864</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Davidson" title="Battle of Fort Davidson">Fort Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Sedalia" title="Capture of Sedalia">Sedalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glasgow,_Missouri" title="Battle of Glasgow, Missouri">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Lexington" title="Second Battle of Lexington">2nd Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Little_Blue_River" title="Battle of Little Blue River">Little Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Independence" title="Second Battle of Independence">2nd Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Byram%27s_Ford" title="Battle of Byram&#39;s Ford">Big Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Westport" title="Battle of Westport">Westport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marmiton_River" title="Battle of Marmiton River">Marmiton River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Newtonia" title="Second Battle of Newtonia">2nd Newtonia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Involvement<br /><span class="nobold">(by city or town)</span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centralia_Massacre_(Missouri)" title="Centralia Massacre (Missouri)">Centralia</a></li> <li><a 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Marmaduke">John S. Marmaduke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Price" title="Sterling Price">Sterling Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_O._Shelby" title="Joseph O. Shelby">Joseph O. Shelby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightgrey;">Union</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Curtis" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel R. Curtis">Samuel R. 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