battle, nineteenth century

Capture of Sedalia

Name: Capture of Sedalia
Start: 1864-10-15
Location: Sedalia, Missouri, United States

Capture of Sedalia was a battle fought on 15 October 1864 at Sedalia, in what is now Missouri, United States. It was part of the Price’s Missouri Expedition. The recorded result: Confederate victory.

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Fought15 October 1864

WhereSedalia, Missouri, United States38.703N, 93.231W

OutcomeConfederate victory

BelligerentsConfederate StatesagainstUnited States

Part ofPrice’s Missouri Expedition1864

Record

Date	15 October 1864
Place	Sedalia, Missouri, United States 38.703N, 93.231W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Commanders	M. Jeff Thompson

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Cole Camp 1861, 31 km S
Skirmish at Blackwater Creek 1861, 38 km NW
Battle of Boonville 1861, 57 km NE
Battle of Glasgow 1864, 68 km NE
Second Battle of Lexington 1864, 77 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Glasgow 15 October 1864

Elsewhere in 1864

Battle of Cold Harbor United States
Battle of the Wilderness United States
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House United States
Siege of Petersburg United States
Battle of Dybbøl Denmark

Capture of Sedalia is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (42 in Missouri).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q104853585, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Sedalia, revision 1370609565, 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. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.