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Contributed by: Bill Goring Henry Goring & Battle Lone Jack Estimated Casualties: 270 total (US 160; CS 110) Description: Maj. Emory S. Foster, under orders, led an 800-man combined force from Lexington to Lone Jack. Upon reaching the Lone Jack area, he discovered 1,600 Rebels under Col. J.T. Coffee and prepared to attack them. About 9:00 pm on the 15th, he and his men attacked the Confederate camp and dispersed the force. Early the next morning, Union pickets informed Foster that a 3,000-man Confederate force was advancing on him. Soon afterwards, this force attacked and a battle ensued that involved charges, retreats, and counterattacks. After five hours of fighting and the loss of Foster, Coffee and his 1,500 men reappeared, causing Foster’s successor, Capt. M.H. Brawner to order a retreat. The men left the field in good order and returned to Lexington. This was a Confederate victory, but the Rebels had to evacuate the area soon afterward, when threatened by the approach of large Union forces. Except for a short period of time during Price’s Raid, in 1864, the Confederacy lost its clout in Jackson County. HENRY1 GORING was born Bet. 1827 - 1831 in Hannover Germany, and died October 30, 1896 in Higginsville Missouri. He married MARY ANN MCHENRY January 1849 in Morgan County Missouri. She was born Bet. 1827 - 1829 in Kentucky, and died August 1905 in Higginsville Missouri. Notes for HENRY GORING: Henry Goring served in CO.A 7th MO CAV. as a privit and in CO. M 1st MO CAV.corporal during the civil war from june 1862 -june 1865 .he was in the battle of Lone Jack and was wonded in left arm and shoulder in that battle. Burial: October 1896, Sharps Cemetary Higginsville MO Occupation: Soulder, Coal Minor,Carpenter. This information taken from the 1890 special schedule census surviving soldiers,sailors,mariners, widows etc.(wlg) |
