Battle of Wentzville
The following account of the Battle of Wentzville is based on information compiled by Gerry Matlock, former Wentzville Historical Society President, and from official Federal Government records. On July 15, 1861, four companies of the 2nd Missouri Infantry and two companies of the 8th Missouri Infantry left St. Louis by train, heading west on the [...]
Battlefield Dispatches No. 212: ‘Bushwhackers in Yankee Blue!’
During the Civil War, it did not take long for Confederate Guerrillas / Bushwhackers in Missouri to learn that a successful way to deceive the “Blue Bellied Billy Yanks” was to wear the Yankee’s trousers and jacket and appear to be “Yanks.” This, of course, gave the guerrillas an added element of surprise when they [...]
