(February 2013) Enlarge Reverse side of the Battle of Lexington Monument at the visitor center.
 
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(2002) Visitor Center-Maj. Gen. Price Display: This bust of General Price is displayed in the Visitor Center. Price, a former governor of Missouri, took command of the State Guard in May, 1861. Because of his courteous, dignified and fatherly air, Price became known to many as “Old Pap.”
 
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(2002) This display in the Visitors Center demonstrates the tactic which helped lead the State Guard forces to victory at the Battle of Lexington. Crouching behind the water-soaked hemp bales, State Guard troops slowly and deliberately rolled them up the slopes, a sort of mobile breastworks, toward the entrenched Union forces. So important was this tactic in the victory of the Missouri State Guard at Lexington that the conflict became known to many as the “Battle of the Hemp Bales.”
 
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(February 2013) Enlarge Map of the battlefield.
 
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(February 2013) Enlarge The Oliver Anderson House (built in 1853).
 
The Anderson House, built by Oliver Anderson, was home to the Battle of Lexington. The mansion, decorated in mid-nineteenth century fashion, was used as the hospital during the battle. The house changed hands three times during the skirmish. While today the house is restored, evidence of the shot and shell can still be seen in the walls and floors of the structure. Tours of the Anderson House are given at various times during the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site’s operating hours.
 
From LafayetteCountyMo.com
 
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(February 2013) Enlarge Rear of the Anderson House (used as a hospital by Federal and Confederate troops).
 
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