Massacre Site / Concordia

Massacre Site / Concordia (HMTIV)

Location: Concordia, MO 64020 Lafayette County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 58.976', W 93° 34.109'

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Side A: Massacre Site
On August 22, 1861, "State Guard" troops under Col. Edwin W. Price plundered this community taking household goods, farm animals and merchandise from Brockhoff's Store.

Sunday, Oct. 5, 1862, sixty drunken "Bushwhackers" captured eleven men, and at this spot they murdered Henry Brockhoff, Henry Hartmann, and Christian Oetting and wounded four others.

On July 13, 1863, near here 35 renegades murdered Conrad Bruns, Louis Fiene, Dietrich Karsten and William Scharnhorst.

Four miles east of here on October 10, 1864, local militia lost 26 men fighting guerrillas led by Dave Poole of Quantrill's Band.
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Side B: Concordia
German immigrants, seeking economic improvement, began settling here in 1838. Their post office was Cook's Store, a coach stop on the Sedalia-Lexington Road, 2 1/2 miles west of here.

Opposed to slavery, they were loyal to the Union in the Civil War.

On May 17, 1865, the Lutheran pastor, Franz Julius Biltz (1825-1908), became postmaster and named this town "Concordia" since the war had ended, and there was now hope for concord between North and South. The Rev. Biltz served the community for forty-one years as faithful pastor, courageous leader, and founder of Saint Paul's College (1883).
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Placed ByCorder Manufacturing Company and Lafayette County Historical Society
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Date Added Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 10:47pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 450762 N 4315036
Decimal Degrees38.98293333, -93.56848333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 58.976', W 93° 34.109'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 58' 58.56" N, 93° 34' 6.54" W
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Area Code(s)660
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 205 SW 6th St, Concordia MO 64020, US
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