First Battle of Lexington

Siege of Lexington
	Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the; American Civil War
	; The Siege of Lexington, Mo. by F. B. Wilkie
Location	Lexington, Missouri39°11′29″N 93°52′43″W / 39.1915°N 93.878636°W
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
Missouri (Confederate)	United States
Commanders and leaders
Sterling Price	James Mulligan
Units involved
Missouri State Guard	23d Illinois Infantry
Strength
15,000	3,500
Casualties and losses
~150 (30 killed, 120 wounded)	~36 killed, 117 wounded, 8 missing, ~3,000 captured
	Lexington class=notpageimage\| Location within Missouri

The siege of Lexington, also known as the first battle of Lexington or the Battle of the Hemp Bales, was a minor conflict of the American Civil War. The siege took place from September 13 to 20, 1861^[3] between the Union Army and the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard in Lexington, county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri. The victory won by the Missouri Guard bolstered the considerable Southern sentiment in the area, and briefly consolidated Missouri State Guard control of the Missouri River Valley in the western part of the state.

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^ ^a ^b Wood, p. 117
^ Wood, p. 38. Skirmishing and first push were on Sept. 12, not Sept. 13. Discrepancy is due to a timeline error in Price's report.

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[Wood,_p._117-2] Wood, p. 117

[3] Wood, p. 38. Skirmishing and first push were on Sept. 12, not Sept. 13. Discrepancy is due to a timeline error in Price's report.

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