Qualla: Battle of Boonville https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/y/j/battle-of-boonville-wp/battle-of-boonville.jpg Qualla: Battle of Boonville https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville Battle of Boonville: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville/ Photo credit The original uploader was Johnfc at Dutch Wikipedia. (Original text: SKETCHED BY ORLANDO C. RICHARDSON.), Public domain. 'This means war. In an hour one of my officers will call for you and conduct you out of my lines.' With those words on June 11, 1861, Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon ended any pretense of negotiation with Missouri's secessionist Governor Claiborne Jackson at the Planter's House hotel in St. Louis. Six days later, Lyon's troops steamed up the Missouri River to Boonville, where the State Guard was assembling under orders to protect the capital at Jefferson City. The fight that followed lasted barely twenty minutes and produced minimal casualties, but its strategic impact was enormous -- far out of proportion to the gunpowder spent. Locals called it 'The Boonville Races,' because the State Guard ran so fast.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/y/j/battle-of-boonville-wp/9yyj-battle-of-boonville-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Boonville: The Meeting That Broke Missouri https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville/ Photo credit The original uploader was Johnfc at Dutch Wikipedia. (Original text: SKETCHED BY ORLANDO C. RICHARDSON.), Public domain. Missouri in 1861 was a slave state that had not seceded, governed by men who wanted to leave the Union while its largest city, St. Louis, was firmly pro-Union. General William Harney, the Federal commander, had negotiated a fragile truce with Governor Jackson and General Sterling...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/y/j/battle-of-boonville-wp/9yyj-battle-of-boonville-the-meeting-that-broke-missouri.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Boonville: Twenty Minutes on the Bluffs https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Lyon's command encountered State Guard pickets as they approached the bluffs above Boonville on June 17. He deployed skirmishers and pushed forward aggressively. Captain Totten's battery -- Company F, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery -- quickly displaced sharpshooters stationed in the Wi...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/y/j/battle-of-boonville-wp/9yyj-battle-of-boonville-twenty-minutes-on-the-bluffs.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Boonville: The Spoils and the Reckoning https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville/ Photo credit The original uploader was Johnfc at Dutch Wikipedia. (Original text: SKETCHED BY ORLANDO C. RICHARDSON.), Public domain. Federal casualties amounted to five killed or mortally wounded and seven less seriously injured. The State Guard lost approximately five dead and ten wounded, with 60 to 80 captured. Lyon seized the Guard's supplies: two iron 6-pounder cannons without ammunition, 500 obsolete fli...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/y/j/battle-of-boonville-wp/9yyj-battle-of-boonville-the-spoils-and-the-reckoning.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Boonville: A Small Fight with Large Consequences https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville/ Photo credit The original uploader was Johnfc at Dutch Wikipedia. (Original text: SKETCHED BY ORLANDO C. RICHARDSON.), Public domain. The Battle of Boonville ejected secessionist forces from the center of Missouri and effectively secured the state for the Union. Communications between Confederate sympathizers and the strongly pro-Southern Missouri River valley were cut. Would-be recruits from slave-owning count...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/y/j/battle-of-boonville-wp/9yyj-battle-of-boonville-a-small-fight-with-large-consequences.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Boonville: Four Battles, One Town https://qualla.com/battle-of-boonville/ Photo credit The original uploader was Johnfc at Dutch Wikipedia. (Original text: SKETCHED BY ORLANDO C. RICHARDSON.), Public domain. Boonville would see three more Civil War engagements, all minor. On September 13, 1861, 800 State Guard troops attacked 140 Union Home Guardsmen at breakfast. Rain forced the Confederates to wrap their flags in black sheeting, which the defenders mistook for a no-quarter signal. ...

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