Subscribe

Shop

Contact

Missouri History Today

Missouri History Today October 7, 1864: General Sterling Price Halts Attack On Jefferson City

by Missouri Life

Confederate Gen. Sterling Price decided against attacking the Union troops at Jefferson City. The day’s events resurfaced in spring 2022 amid the planned removal of paving stones recognizing this “Battle That Wasn’t” from city grounds, according to a story from KOMU-8 TV.

Photo credit: Sterling Price, C.S.A. [Between 1860 and 1870] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2018670376/.