Centralia Massacre (Missouri)
Massacre of U.S. soldiers by Confederate guerrillas during the American Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Centralia Massacre (disambiguation).
The Centralia Massacre was an incident during the American Civil War in which 24 unarmed U.S. Army soldiers were captured and executed in Centralia, Missouri on September 27, 1864, by a band led by the pro-Confederate guerrilla leader William T. Anderson. Future outlaw Jesse James was among the guerrillas.
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Location | Centralia, Missouri |
Date | September 27, 1864 (1864-09-27) 9:00 a.m. |
Target | U.S. Army soldiers |
Attack type | Summary executions |
Deaths | 123 |
Perpetrators | Bushwhackers led by William T. Anderson |
No. of participants | ~80 |
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In the ensuing Battle of Centralia a large detachment of U.S. Army mounted infantry attempted to intercept Anderson, but nearly all of them were killed in combat.