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Battle of Carthage State Historic Site
Scene of 1861 Civil War battle when 6,000 Southern troops forced Union soldiers to retreat…
Explore →Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
This battlefield is one of the few Civil War battlefields that has never been cultivated…
Explore →Bushwhacker Massacre Site
Site of the 1862 massacre, now Central Park, also displays Missouri Pacific caboose and doughboy…
Explore →Civil War Action in Mt. Vernon
The Confederate Army kept a garrison at Mr. Vernon after the battle of Wilson's Creek…
Explore →Devil's Backbone Civil War Battlefield
The scene of a September 1, 1863 battle between Confederates heading for Waldron and pursing…
Explore →Ditch Bayou Battlefield
Directions: Two Miles East Of The Junction The Ditch Bayou Battlefield of 1864 has changed…
Explore →Elkin's Ferry Battlefield
The site of fighting April 2-3, 1864 as Confederate troops tried to keep General Frederick…
Explore →Lone Jack Battlefield Museum and Cemetery
Wooded park setting, pavillion, museum offers electronic map, period artifacts, large lighted dioramas of battle…
Explore →Plum Creek Massacre Site
After camping just two miles south and east of where the Plum Creek emptied into…
Explore →Prairie DeAnn Battlefield
The scene of heavy skirmishes April 9-12, 1864 as Southern soldiers sought to blunt the…
Explore →Warbonnet Battlefield Site
On the summit of a conical hill on the Oglala National Grassland is a monument…
Explore →Warbonnet Battlefield Site
On the summit of a conical hill on the Oglala National Grassland is a monument…
Explore →Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Preserves the site of the first Civil War battle in Missouri. Visitors center has film…
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