Eventually Jennison's excesses caught up with him and he removed as the post's commander, arrested and finally was dishonorably discharged from the Army on June 23, 1865.
[3] Nothing out of the routine happened at Mound City until fall 1864, when Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price was nearing the end of a large raid through Missouri.
Just after daybreak on October 25, 1864, 600 Confederates attacked the town, but were easily driven off by men commanded by Col. Thomas Moonlight.
[4][5] Meanwhile, about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the east, the last major battle with Price's men started before dawn and raged all day.
This conflict, the Battle of Mine Creek, was the final Union victory driving Price from Kansas and Missouri.
Shortly after Moonlight left Mound City, 150 Confederates, probably guerrillas, attacked Drake's men from a cornfield on the northeast edge of town.