Where these engagements were fought
All 8 are placed on the map. Select a marker to see the engagement.
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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.
Notable engagements
| Engagement | Year | Forces or losses |
|---|---|---|
| Union Station Massacre | 1933 | 4 officers + prisoner Nash killed |
| Murder of William 'Willie' Egan | 1921 | Willie Egan shot at his saloon |
| Killing of Luke Kennedy (Egan-Hogan retaliation) | 1922 | Kennedy killed in reprisal |
| Killing of Willie Crowe, 'seventh victim' of the St. Louis war | 1923 | Crowe killed; reported 7th victim |
| Killing of Jacob Mackler and attacks on the Hogan gang | 1923 | Mackler killed; Hogan home attacked |
| Red Crown / Platte City gun battle | 1933 | Buck Barrow mortally wounded; 2 officers hit |
| Joplin shootout | 1933 | 2 officers killed; gang escaped |
| Assassination of Johnny Lazia | 1934 | Lazia machine-gunned outside hotel |
By conflict
Prohibition City Wars
The organized-crime wars of the other Prohibition cities: the Purple Gang in Detroit, the corn-sugar war in Cleveland, Egan's Rats against Hogan's gang in St Louis, the Union Station Massacre in Kansas City, and the Toledo, Boston, Newark and Milwaukee conflicts.
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Depression-Era Outlaw Gangs
The running gun battles between the roving outlaw gangs and federal agents in the early 1930s: the Barrow Gang at Joplin and Dexfield Park, the Dillinger Gang at Little Bohemia and Barrington, the Barker-Karpis gang, Pretty Boy Floyd and the Kimes-Terrill gang.
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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); Chronicling America (Library of Congress historic newspapers) (public domain).