A Confederate side raid during Price's Missouri Expedition that captured 1,200 weapons and 1,000 overcoats, partially restoring Confederate morale after earlier setbacks.
Key Facts
- Date
- October 15, 1864
- Weapons captured
- 1,200 firearms
- Uniform overcoats captured
- 1,000 coats
- Rations destroyed
- 50,000 rations
- Union surrender time
- 13:30 on October 15
- Confederate commander
- Brigadier General John B. Clark Jr.
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Confederate General Sterling Price led an expedition into Missouri in late 1864, hoping to divert Union forces and recruit new soldiers. Many recruits joined unarmed, and intelligence revealed a Union weapons cache at Glasgow, prompting Price to dispatch a raiding force to seize it and resupply his growing but poorly equipped army.
Brigadier General John B. Clark Jr. led two Confederate brigades against Glasgow on October 15, 1864. After artillery opened fire at 05:00 and a surrender demand was refused, the main assault began around 08:00. Union Colonel Chester Harding Jr. burned 50,000 rations before surrendering at 13:30. Confederates paroled the garrison, captured 1,200 weapons and 1,000 overcoats, and burned a steamboat.
The captured weapons and supplies boosted Confederate morale and helped arm new Missouri recruits. However, the broader expedition ended in decisive Confederate defeat at the Battle of Westport on October 23, 1864, forcing Price's army into a long retreat harried by Union forces that ultimately ended in Texas.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Colonel Chester Harding Jr..
Side B
1 belligerent
Brigadier General John B. Clark Jr..