battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Glasgow

Name: Battle of Glasgow
Start: 1864-10-15
Location: Glasgow, Missouri, United States

Battle of Glasgow was a battle fought on 15 October 1864 at Glasgow, in what is now Missouri, United States. It was part of the Price’s Missouri Expedition. The recorded result: Confederate victory. Recorded strength: 550800 against 1,825.

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Fought15 October 1864

WhereGlasgow, Missouri, United States39.238N, 92.842W

OutcomeConfederate victory

BelligerentsUnionagainstConfederacy

Battlefield todayGlasgow battlefieldNPS site MO022, 2,938 acres studied, 1,225 core

Part ofPrice’s Missouri Expedition1864

Record

Date	15 October 1864
Place	Glasgow, Missouri, United States 39.238N, 92.842W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	550800	1,825
Commanders	Chester Harding Jr.	John Bullock Clark Jr. Joseph O. Shelby

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Roan's Tan Yard 1862, 26 km E
Battle of Boonville 1861, 35 km SE
Battle of Yellow Creek 1862, 50 km NW
Battle of Mount Zion Church 1861, 60 km E
Centralia Massacre 1864, 64 km E

In the same war

After: Capture of Sedalia 15 October 1864

Elsewhere in 1864

Battle of Cold Harbor United States
Sherman's March to the Sea United States
Battle of the Wilderness United States
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House United States
Siege of Petersburg United States

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Glasgow battlefield (site MO022): a study area of 2,938 acres, with a core area of 1,225 acres where the fighting was concentrated; 1,174 acres retain enough integrity to be potentially eligible for the National Register.

Battle of Glasgow is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,264 in present-day United States (43 in Missouri).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871102, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Glasgow, Missouri, revision 1370441679, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.