The Glenn House was a hotel located in Paris, Monroe County, Missouri; it was the site of many social functions and where the first Missouri State Guard unit from the area was organized in 1861. In September 1861, members of the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry entered the town and took possession of the Glenn House.

At 3 p.m. on October 15, 1864, about 400 Confederates attacked a company of between 65 and 100 Federal militia quartered in the Glenn House. After a three-hour battle, during which the Confederates set fire to an adjoining frame building in an effort to burn down the hotel, the wife of the Federal commander was persuaded to carry a flag of truce and convince her husband to surrender. She was successful. The Federals were paroled, and their horses, arms, and private property seized.

The Glenn House was used for a variety of purposes after the war; it was torn down in 1974.

Carte-de-Visite by S. A. Rice & Bro’s, Mexico, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31588