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 Major James Wilson, Troy, Missouri
N 38° 58.496 W 090° 59.444
15S E 674055 N 4315914
Major James Wilson, 3rd Missouri M.S.M., Cavalry played an important part in Missouri's Civil War history. In 1864 he was captured along with several of his men. They were executed during Confederate General Sterling Price's Raid across the state.
Waymark Code: WMMN5T
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2014
Views: 2
Major James Wilson is buried in his home town of Troy in Lincoln County Missouri. Interest in Major Wilson was brought to my attention by author Mark A. Lause's new book Price's Lost Campaign: the 1864 Invasion of Missouri. Interest in his "murder in the hands of his captors" also surfaced in Missouri's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Price's Raid across the state in September and October 1864. As author Lause points out about Price's Army's conduct during the raid :"The army of Missouri established a record no other Confederate force of comparable size and importance approached in the history of the war....No Confederate force in the war so systematically and consistently left such a trail of bitterness in their wake."
Description:
Major Wilson was app. 30 years old at the time of his death at the hands of Confederate General Sterling Price's Army on October 3, 1864. He was a part of Missouri's Civil War from the beginning as a cavalry enlisted man who rose to the rank of Major in the 3rd Missouri MSM regiment. He had one run in with Confederate guerrilla Col Timothy Reeves. It was indeed unfortunate that he and the prisoners were turned over to Reeves who chose to execute them for their deeds in Ripley County near the Arkansas border because of that encounter. Some of the inscription on his monument reads:
"Born in Prince Georges County Md. May 3,1834
He entered the Union Army May 11, 1861, promoted to the rank of Major May 5, 1862, At the battle of Pilot Knob, September 27,1864 he was taken prisoner and murdered by his captor Oct.3, 1864. Preserve, what he gave his life to defend, OUR NATIONALITY."
Date of birth: 05/03/1834
Date of death: 10/03/1864
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 6 AM to 10 PM
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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