George W. Deitzler

This U.S. Military Telegraph message was sent to the “Commanding Officer” by Maj. Gen. George W. Deitzler in Independence, Missouri on October 20, 1864. Deitzler states that after a lengthy battle on October 19, Gen. Blunt has been driven from Lexington, Missouri by a Confederate force commanded by Gen. Price. Deitzler says that the Union side lost 20 men killed and wounded, and that Gen. Price’s current position is unknown. Deitzler adds that telegraphic communication between Kansas City and St. Louis is uninterrupted, and that “the danger to Kansas is not considered imminent.”

October 20, 1864

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units
Missouri military units (Confederate)
Battle of Lexington (Second)

George W. Deitzler
James Gillpatrick Blunt
Sterling Price
Samuel R Curtis

Lexington, Missouri
Independence, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Cass County, Missouri

Kansas Historical Society

Hershfield, R.N., Item 29

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