From collection General Photograph Collection
Jackson County marker, "Battle of Lone Jack". Here early on the morning of August 16, 1862, two thousand Confererates surprised and defeated a detachment of Federal cavalry under the command of Maj. Emory S. Foster. Foster, seriously wounded, finally surrendered in the afternoon after 43 men were killed and 75 were reported MIA. The confederate loss under Coffee, Hays and Thompson's commands was 118 men. See also Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society Archives Document ID 33F1.
