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Sitting on the first continuous high ground in Missouri upstream of the Ohio River, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was deemed an important site during the Civil War for numerous strategic reasons.
- Operations at the Ohio and Mississippi River Confluence of the Civil War
Civil War Battle of Belmont, Missouri. The Federal victory...
- Operations at the Ohio and Mississippi River Confluence of the Civil War
During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals, and supplies to both sides, maintained dual governments, and endured a bloody neighbor-against-neighbor intrastate war within the larger national war.
It was the last battle of the Civil War fought in Missouri. The site includes 20 acres of the battlefield and the Ritchey Mansion, which served as headquarters for both Union and Confederate troops at different points.
Battle of Athens State Historic Site is an historic battlefield and state park located in Clark County, Missouri, along the banks of the Des Moines River. It is the site of the Battle of Athens, fought in 1861 during the American Civil War.
The Battle of Wilson’s Creek or Oak Hills in southwestern Greene County on August 10, 1861, is Missouri’s best-known Civil War engagement.
The Ohio State Capitol has a display of Civil War guns on its grounds. In downtown Cleveland 's Public Square is the impressive Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Other large monuments are in Dayton, Hamilton, and Columbus. A large equestrian statue of General Sheridan is in the center of Somerset.
Civil War Battle of Belmont, Missouri. The Federal victory in the Western Theater of the Civil War was accomplished through combined army and navy operations on land and water. Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War, By Schussele, 1866.
