Second Battle of Lexington Facts

Date

• October 19, 1864

Location

• Lexington, Missouri

Campaign

• Price’s Missouri Expedition

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General James G. Blunt

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General Sterling Price
• Brigadier General Joseph O. Shelby
• Major General James F. Fagan
• Major General John S. Marmaduke

Union Forces Engaged

• Blunt’s Division, Army of the Border

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Missouri

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 2,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 12,000

Union Casualties

• Roughly 40 (killed, wounded, and captured or missing)

Confederate Casualties

• “Very light” (killed, wounded, and captured or missing)

Result

• Confederate victory

Significance

• Although the engagement was a Confederate victory because the Federals retreated, General Blunt gathered intelligence regarding the weaponry and size of Price’s force that would prove invaluable as the campaign continued.