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Photographer: Missouri Dept of Natural Resources
Taken: undated
Caption: Diagram of Battle of Boonville on Marker
Additional Description: 1. Gen. Lyon's Troops land at 7 a.m. and march west towards Boonville on Rocheport Road.

2. At two miles, the Federal Troops are fired upon by State Guard pickets who then fall back.

3. The Federal troops advance one mile in line of battle and, at 8 a.m., encounter a large body of State Guardsmen ahead. The main part of the battle begins. The State Guard, outnumbered and facing artillery fire, falls back to Camp Bacon.

4. The State Guard retreats to Camp Bacon, but the Steamboat McDowell comes up and begins to shell the camp. Federal troops advance to find camp evacuated.

5. The final State Guard stand is made at their armory at the fairgrounds. Shelling from the McDowell soon forces the State Guard to withdraw and they retreat south. At 11 a.m. Gen. Lyon receives the surrender of Boonville from a delegation of local citizens.
Submitted: August 13, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p167621
File Size: 0.094 Megabytes

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