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

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

↑ 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.