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Simultaneously a battalion of the 2nd Missouri Cavalry ("Merrill's Horse") moved northeast to complete the envelopment. Realizing his guardsmen were in a precarious position, Robertson formed a firing line of approximately 250 men while Colonel Magoffin was detailed with several dozen men to take possession of the bridge before the Federals ...
The Battle of the Sink Hole, sometimes known as "Forgotten War", was fought on May 24, 1815, after the official end of the War of 1812, between Missouri Rangers and Sauk Indians led by Black Hawk. According to Robert McDouall , the British commander in the area, the Sauk had not received official word from the British that the Treaty of Ghent ...
The Chariton River is a 218-mile-long (351 km) [3] tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The river forms in southeastern Clarke County, Iowa . It is dammed at 11,000-acre (45 km 2 ) Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, Iowa and then flows 30 miles (48 km) before entering Missouri where it forms the boundary ...
The Battle of Yellow Creek, also known as Skirmish at Yellow Creek, was an action during the American Civil War, occurring August 13, 1862, along the Yellow Creek in Chariton County, Missouri. [1] [2] The Battle of Yellow Creek followed an earlier battle at Compton's Ferry, on August 11.
The Battle of Island Mound (2014), a 30-minute documentary, was commissioned by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and produced by Brant Hadfield, a filmmaker based in St. Louis. He wrote, directed, shot and edited the film. It won two Emmy Awards in 2015 for Best Historical Documentary and cinematography. [10] It has won other awards.
Pilot Knob is located in the Arcadia Valley of Iron County, Missouri, between the towns of Ironton and Pilot Knob.Pilot Knob, so named because of its distinctive shape and prominent position, [2] reaches an elevation of 1,470 feet (450 m) [3] rising 581 feet (177 m) [4] above the Arcadia Valley floor and has a large deposit of iron ore in its upper regions.
Michigan's sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake sometimes only last minutes. This year, it starts Feb. 3.
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, though of little military significance, was a major turning point in the war for the volunteer militia forces and many white settlers. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] This minor militia victory was the first step in the process of redeeming the militia's own morale and its standing in the eyes of the settlers on the frontier. [ 9 ]