165 YEARS AGO: M. Jeff Thompson leads 3,000 secessionist Missourians in disrupting Federal operations and engaging in several skirmishes in southeastern Missouri.
Category: Missouri
My Plan is New Orleans
165 YEARS AGO: John C. Fremont leaves St. Louis to lead his Army of the Southwest against the secessionist Missouri State Guards of Sterling Price.
Repairing the Disaster at Lexington
165 YEARS AGO: Despite the recent loss of Lexington and the scattering of his forces, John C. Fremont reports that his troops are somehow “gathering around the enemy” in Missouri.
Great Distress and Alarm Prevail
John C. Fremont continues garnering ill will among fellow officers, and Abraham Lincoln endures criticism from politicians for modifying Fremont’s controversial decree.
The Fall of Lexington
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Sterling Price’s pro-secessionist Missouri State Guards capture a Federal force and a key commercial town in their effort to expel the Federals from their state.
A Deadly Drift of Lead
165 YEARS AGO: The pro-secessionist Missouri State Guards advance northward and threaten Lexington, a key commercial town on the Missouri River.