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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNKD_springfield_Brookline-MO.html
(Front):Queen City of the Ozarks, settled in 1830 by Tennessee pioneers on what had been a Kickapoo, Osage, and Delaware Indian camping ground. Springfield was first called Campbell and Fulbright Springs after its first settlers. Rivalry over loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJX_rout-of-sigels-column_Brookline-MO.html
The Union strategy at Wilson's Creek called for a two-pronged surprise attack. General Lyon's main column with about 4,000 men would strike the Confederate camps from the north, while Col. Franz Sigel's brigade of about 1,200 men would attack from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJR_sigels-attack_Brookline-MO.html
Here on the southern end of the battlefield, Union soldiers commanded by Col. Franz Sigel mounted a surprise attack on the Confederate camps. The battle plan called for Sigel to attack from the south, while General Lyon attacked from the north.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJK_a-union-plan-the-broken-pincer_Brookline-MO.html
(Left Side):A Union PlanFrom this spot on August 10, 1861 the complicated fury of the battle of Wilson's Creek would have unfolded before your eyes. The large field in front of you is the south slope of Bloody Hill. Union troops approaching from y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJI_prices-headquarters_Brookline-MO.html
Since August 6, 1861, thousands of Confederates had been camping in this area surrounding Major General Sterling Price's headquarters, waiting to attack the Union Army in Springfield. On the night of August 9, the long-awaited orders were issued.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJF_pulaski-arkansas-battery_Brookline-MO.html
In the opening moments of the battle, Union infantry swept back Southern cavalry, over-running two camps and topping the crest of Bloody Hill. Nothing stood in the Federals' way. At the bottom of Bloody Hill lay the main Southern camp, virtually d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJC_the-eye-of-the-storm_Brookline-MO.html
On August 6, 1861, the Southern army entered this valley from your left on the Wire Road, the restored historic road in front of you. The soldiers camped on both sides of the creek for a mile or more upstream and downstream from this point. Here, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ9_pulaski-arkansas-battery_Brookline-MO.html
From this position the four cannon of the Pulaski Arkansas Battery supported Confederate infantry during the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Two artillerists were killed by opposing cannon shot here, and one was wounded by a minie ball.
Despite the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ4_fight-in-rays-cornfield_Brookline-MO.html
John Ray watched the first stage of the Union defeat from the porch behind you. At 6:30 in the morning, August 10, 1861, soldiers appeared in his cornfield. The cornfield is the fenced high ground in front of you, just beyond Ray's springhouse.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ3_the-ray-family_Brookline-MO.html
The Ray House is the only park structure on its original site that dates back to the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Postmaster and farmer John Ray built it in the 1850s. For ten years it served as the Wilson's Creek Post Office, a stopping place on the…