WILSON"S CREEK CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD is number SEVENTEEN!!!!!!!!

Monday on the way home from Springfield MO Nancy and I spent close to two hours touring this MO civil war sight. We saw a slide show, watched a moving battle map and oral description of the battle, saw artifacts, and toured the five mile battlefield.




There is a St Louis connection as Union General Nathaniel Lyon lost his life in the battle. Before this battle General Lyon had saved from a surprise attack 5,000 Union troops, and tons of ammunition right here in St Louis close to the brewery.

Ray House



Below Confederacy General Price's hdqrs

Above is Wilson's Creek

Bloody Hill where 1700 troops from both sides lost their lives.

Do you know?

Missouri ranks third in the nation in battles and skirmishes fought during the Civil War.