Osceola Massacre

March is Massacre Month! First up is Osceola, where on September 23, 1861 US Senator and murderer James Lang lead his Jayhawker mob in destroying the 3rd largest city in Missouri plundering, murdering and torching Osceola Missouri to the ground. This wasn’t the first town Lane and his band plundered but it was the most devastating. As Lane and his drunken men left the city 17 lay dead with 9 summarily executed after a Drumhead Trial. Slaves freed, huge amounts of product confiscated, wagons of personal items stolen and 800 building burnt to ashes leaving only 3. Osceola never recovered. Revenge would be had in less than a year as Captain William C. Quantrill and his Bushwackers ravaged several other towns in Kansas but on August 21, 1862 initiated their famous raid on Lawrence Kansas, murdering 150 unarmed men and boys. Let us go now to Osceola first and then Lawrence on March 15th to discuss how Americans could undertake these horrific acts on fellow Americans. For podcasts, articles, and trivia, visit our website at https://bobfordshistory.com for details. You can also see some of the great historic locations accompanied by the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bobfordshistorymysterylore Articles and Podcasts are complementary from people wanting to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Rupp Funeral Home, Eagle Communications, Mastio and Anonymous Buffs.