On September 3, 1861, bushwhackers burned a bridge over the river at St. Joseph, Missouri, derailing a Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad train killing between 17 and 20 and injuring 200 in one of the worst attacks on a passenger train in the Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy during the American Civil War.
On September 3, 1861, bushwhackers attacked a passenger train on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad near St. Joseph, Missouri, causing it to derail and resulting in between 17 and 20 deaths and 200 injuries during the Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy of the American Civil War.