By Tony O’ Bryan, University of Missouri—Kansas City
The Battle of Lone Jack occurred in Jackson County, Missouri over the weekend of August 15-17, 1862, as a result of the Union attempting to wrest military control over the border region from the hands of the bushwhackers.
Just four days after being defeated at the Battle of Independence (and suffering casualties and property damage to the actions of area guerillas) some 1,300 Union soldiers under command of General Fitz Henry Warren and Major Emory Foster go on the offensive against the secessionist forces.
