Battle of Lone Jack, Missouri

SOURCE INFORMATION

The following rosters represent the regiments and companies that participated in the Battle of Lone
Jack, Missouri on August 16, 1862. Each of the men listed on the Rosters were enlisted in the various
Companies at the time of the battle and could have participated in the battle.

Some of the Union Wounded were compiled by Dr. Leslie Anders and published in the Missouri
Historical Review, the Union Killed were verified by service records housed at the Missouri State
Archives in Jefferson City, MO.

The Confederate Casualties were compiled from various sources.

THE LISTS OF CASUALTIES AND COMPANY ROSTERS ARE NOT COMPLETE!!!

Any corrections or additions will be welcomed.

We are attempting to validate each name with historical documentation as to an individual's actual
participation in the battle.

While we will never know exactly who is buried on the battlefield, all Union soldiers on this list and
who have been verified as having died the day of the battle, are presumed to be buried in the
trenches. The men in the Union regiments were not from this area and the local citizens had no way
of knowing, for the most part, who they were and where they came from.

There are approximately 270 men, Confederate and Union, buried on the battlefield. It was left to the
people of Lone Jack to bury the dead, take in the wounded and clean up the mess left by the battle.
The soldiers are buried in two long trenches 80 feet in length and are buried in layers. There has
recently been discovered a third trench at the foot of the two long trenches where 18 men, who died
in the days after the battle, are buried.

It took almost three days to dig the trenches and bury the dead. In addition, it was left to the town's
folks to dispose of almost 115 dead horses. The temperature was well over 100 degrees and the
stench so nauseating that the residents had to cover their noses with wet wool just to be able to
approach the battlefield. Their horses refused to come anywhere near the town square and oxen had
to be procured from the neighboring farms to take care of the job.

If you can provide documentation for any name listed on any of the rosters, please Contact Me.