History Battle Analysis

1. “Boonville Races”
Jessica Brotherton
History 150
Kelly Milkowich
Nathaniel Lyon
(Union Leader)
Sterling Price
(Confederate Leader)

2. • Monday June 17, 1861
• Weather: Warm Sunny 78 degrees
• Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri (Near the
Missouri River)
• Started Marching at 7:00 AM
• 20 minutes of fighting
• Union officially took control at 11:00 AM

3. • Union Goals
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To stop Missouri from seceding
Gain control of the Missouri River
Seize the Capital of Jefferson City
Disperse the State Guard
•Confederate Goals
•To secede
•To avoid invasion by the Union
•To rid Missouri of Federalists

4. Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon
Strategy : Move quickly to deprive the State
Guard time to organize and train.
Training: participated in fighting the
Seminole Indians, and Mexican American
War

5. General Sterling Price
Strategy: Wanted to hold the capital but fled
the next day to Boonville. Set up Units in
Boonville and Tipton. Planned on
withdrawing if Lyon approached.
Training: Congress, Mexican American War,
Spanish American War.

6. • Union– Cannons
– Regular Army artillery battery
– Seized State Guard Supplies
– 1,700 troops
•Confederate•Poorly equipped
•Approximately 500 troops

7. • Estimated Union: 5 killed, 7 wounded
• Estimated Confederate: 5 killed, 10
wounded and 60-80 captured.

8. • The First Battle of Boonville gave the
Union access and control of the Missouri
River. This was crucial because it denied
the Confederate states more supplies from
that trade route.