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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RGZ_replica-of-the-statue-of-liberty_Butler-MO.html
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
The Crusade t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EO2_order-no-11_Butler-MO.html
By 1863 the Union Army's inability to control Confederate Guerrilla activity in western Missouri exploded. On August 25, 1863, Union General Thomas Ewing issued Order No. 11 four days after Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas. Residents in Bates …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187H_the-battle-of-island-mound_Butler-MO.html
During the fall of 1862, Bates County had become a haven for guerrillas and Confederate recruiters. One of their favorite haunts was a marshy tract on the Marais-des-Cygnes River, southwest of Butler, known to locals as "Hog Island." On Oct. 27, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187G_first-kansas-colored-volunteer-infantry-regimental-history_Butler-MO.html
Most of the men of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry were escaped slaves. Many fled to Kansas from farms and towns in Missouri or Arkansas to find freedom. Some may have been "stolen" in Jayhawk raids. Others in the regiment were free me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156O_the-battle-of-island-mound-a-demonstration-to-the-nation_Butler-MO.html
African Americans saw the Civil War as a fight for their freedom. Early in the war, freed black men who tried to enlist in the Union Army were turned away. A 1792 Federal law still barred blacks from bearing arms for the U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156N_bates-county-missouri-in-1862_Butler-MO.html
Bates County was formed in 1841. Many early settlers came from Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. The 1860 census listed a population of 6,765 with a slave population of 442. In 1862, the slave population had dropped greatly.
Most Bates County r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156M_prairie-fire-and-the-battle-of-island-mound_Butler-MO.html
In the 1860s, the vast, rolling tallgrass prairies of the Osage Plains stretched for miles. Maintained by periodic fires for approximately 5,000 years before European settlement, prairie once covered approximately 78 percent of Bates County, Mo. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155V_the-toothman-farm_Butler-MO.html
After the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, pro-slavery Missourians and free-state Kansans fought over whether Kansas should enter the Union as a slave or free state. The fighting was so intense that the conflict was called "Bleeding Kansas."
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155S_battle-of-island-mound-memorial_Butler-MO.html
Here, on October 29, 1862 was the first crucible to test the mettle of formerly enslaved black men during the Civil War.
Here, a group of volunteers faced battle with the certainty of only two outcomes - victory or death - for there would be no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10M5_first-kansas-colored-volunteer-infantry_Butler-MO.html
The 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry fought and won the Battle of Island Mound, also known as The Battle at Fort Toothman on October 28 & 29, 1862 in Charlotte Township approx. 7.5 miles southwest of Butler. It is said to have been the only b…