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Paperback The Siege of Lexington, Missouri: The Battle of the Hemp Bales Book

ISBN: 1626195366

ISBN13: 9781626195363

The Siege of Lexington, Missouri: The Battle of the Hemp Bales

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...

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