Concordia Bushwhacker Massacre Site

ID: 468 ~ Source: Gifford, C. J. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, C. J. Gifford ~ Date: July 7, 2021

This file appears in: Concordia Missouri Civil War Massacre Site Marker

Concordia Bushwhacker Massacre Site memorial marker is located in the Concordia Central Park for the raids by Colonel Price and the bushwhackers.

This file appears in: Concordia Missouri Civil War Massacre Site Marker

Concordia Missouri Civil War Massacre Site Marker

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, C. J. Gifford, Glyne Gee

At the start of the Civil War, Lafayette County had the fourth-highest slave population of any county in the state behind just St. Louis, Jackson, and Buchanan. So, despite being officially unaffiliated, the militia which had been raised in…