This is a bullet hole in the stair to the second floor. A gun battle took place on the stairway leading to the second floor. Three men died, (confederates). The confederates took the house from the Union troops, who were using it as a hospital. The confederates began using it as a sniper's nest, firing down into the trenches of the Union troops to the east of the house. There were four Confederate soldiers trying to flee down the stairs, all were killed but one. He jumped down the stairwell, and fled to the drawing room in the northwest side of the house. He then hid in a closet, until he could make good his escape. He then fled the battle altogether, fleeing across the Missouri River to his home in Richmond Missouri, some seven miles north of Lexington. He apparently had gotten his fill of war.
These holes were made by union troops shooting at the confederate snipers on the stairs.
This is a bullet hole in the stair to the second floor. A gun battle took place on the stairway leading to the second floor. Three men died, (confederates). The confederates took the house from the Union troops, who were using it as a hospital. The confederates began using it as a sniper's nest, firing down into the trenches of the Union troops to the east of the house. There were four Confederate soldiers trying to flee down the stairs, all were killed but one. He jumped down the stairwell, and fled to the drawing room in the northwest side of the house. He then hid in a closet, until he could make good his escape. He then fled the battle altogether, fleeing across the Missouri River to his home in Richmond Missouri, some seven miles north of Lexington. He apparently had gotten his fill of war.
These holes were made by union troops shooting at the confederate snipers on the stairs.
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