Emma Massacre Memorial

ID: 469 ~ Source: Gifford, C. J. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, C. J. Gifford ~ Date: July 7, 2021

This file appears in: Emma Missouri Civil War Massacre Monument

Emma Massacre Memorial Monument was dedicated on the 150th Anniversary of the event on October 10, 2014 to those killed at the site of the massacre.

This file appears in: Emma Missouri Civil War Massacre Monument

Emma Missouri Civil War Massacre Monument

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

September 27, 1864, marked one of the bloodiest guerilla conflicts in Missouri throughout the war. It was on this date in Centralia, Missouri 400 bushwhackers led by William "Bloody Bill" Anderson killed all but 32 out of 155 new Union…