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Skirmishes at and near Monroe Station, MO
in the American Civil War
July 9-11, 1861
Online Books:
Official Records, Union
and Confederate Reports (Pages 40-41)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by the United
States War Department, 1880
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Union Battle Summary |
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Monroe Station, Mo., July 9-11, 1861. Detachments of 16th Illinois,
3rd Iowa and Hannibal Home Guards. Col. Robert F. Smith, in command of
the detachments, moved from Palmyra on the 9th and when a few miles
from Monroe was fired into from ambush. The Union men charged the
bushes, but the enemy being mounted were enbaled to escape. On the
10th a few shots were fired from the 1 piece of artillery into a party
of Confederates approaching the town and quickly dispersed them. On
the 11th the enemy had the town completely surrounded, and opened with
2 pieces of artillery. The Federal gun dismounted the smaller of the
enemy's guns and later in the day reinforcements caused them to
withdraw altogether. The casualties were not reported.
Source: The Union Army, Volume 6, Cyclopedia of Battles,
1908 |
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