Lone Jack

BATTLE OF LONE JACK – AUGUST 16, 1862

Forces Engaged: Union 800 vs. New recruits under both Confederate and Missouri State Guard recruiting officers approximately 3,000

VISITOR INFORMATION

Site of an excellent museum and soldiers’ cemetery. Museum contains numerous artifacts and information on other regional Civil War affairs. A must-visit museum for Civil War buffs.

Stamp Location: Lone Jack Battlefield Museum, when staff available.
Website: historiclonejack.org/museum
Address: 301 S. Bynum Rd., Lone Jack, Mo.  64070
Phone Number: 816-697-8833
Staff Available: Mar-Oct, Wed-Sat: 10 am-4 pm; Sun: 1-4 pm; closed Mon-Tue. Nov-Feb, Sat: 10 am-4 pm; Sun: 1-4 pm; closed holidays and during inclement weather
Visit Fee: $5 museum tour fee. Fee not required for stamp.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Lone Jack Historical Society had a lot of detailed information about the battle on their website:

http://www.historiclonejack.org/battleoflonejack.html

Here is a video about the engagement from Things You Should Know:

INTERIOR DEPT. SUMMARY:  Maj. Emory S. Foster, under orders, led an 800-man combined force from Lexington to Lone Jack. Upon reaching the Lone Jack area, he discovered 1,600 Rebels under Col. J. T. Coffee and prepared to attack them. About 9:00 pm on the 15th, he and his men attacked the Confederate camp and dispersed the force. Early the next morning, Union pickets informed Foster that a 3,000-man Confederate force was advancing on him. Soon afterwards, this force attacked and a battle ensued that involved charges, retreats, and counterattacks. After five hours of fighting and the loss of Foster, Coffee and his 1,500 men reappeared, causing Foster’s successor, Capt. M. H. Brawner to order a retreat. The men left the field in good order and returned to Lexington. This was a Confederate victory, but the Rebels had to evacuate the area soon afterward, when threatened by the approach of large Union forces. Except for a short period of time during Price’s Raid, in 1864, the Confederacy lost its clout in Jackson County.

Principal Commanders: Maj. Emory S. Foster [US]; Col. Jeremiah Vard Cockrell, Col. G. W. Thompson, and Col. Upton Hays [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 270 total (US 160; CS 110)
Result: Confederate victory