Battle of the Hemp Bales

E2137826 UNEXPLORED

The Battle of the Hemp Bales was a key early Civil War engagement in Missouri where Confederate-aligned Missouri State Guard forces used water-soaked hemp bales as moving breastworks to capture the Union-held town of Lexington in September 1861.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Hemp Bales canonical	1

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Lexington, Missouri → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Hemp Bales ⓘ