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CENTRAL REGION
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Cole Camp
Cockrell Gravesite
Battle of Cole Camp
On June 19, 1861, the so-called "German Regiment, Missouri Volunteers" clashed here with elements of the Missouri State Guard fleeing south from Jefferson City, in one of the Civil War's first engagements.
Monsees Cemetery
Centralia
Battle of Centralia
The Battle of Centralia was fought on September 27, 1864, in a field 2 miles southeast of the town. Southern Partisans commanded by "Bloody Bill" Anderson met and destroyed a Union force under Maj. A.V.E. Johnson. BATTLE SITE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.
Battle of Centralia Marker
Centralia Massacre Monument
Marker erected in 1957 is located in Centralia Park, and commemorates the Union soldiers executed here the morning of the Battle of Centralia.
Boonville
Battle of Boonville (1st)
Also known as the "Boonville Races," this small battle on June 17, 1861 was one of the Civil War's first. BATTLE SITE IS IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND NOT ACCESSIBLE.
Battle of Boonville (2nd)
Colonel William Brown led an attack with 800 men on Sept 13, 1861 which would cost him and his brother their lives. The Boonville Home Guard defended the town as troops retreated to Lexington.
Battle of Boonville (3rd)
General Joseph Shelby's forces attacked Union troops on October 11, 1863. When Union General Brown arrived the next day, Shelby retreated west.
Battle of Boonville (4th)
Confederates entered and left Boonville in mid-October of 1864 with few skirmishes while being tracked by Union forces. This was the last time the fleeing Confederate forces would pillage the town.
Thespian Hall
This building, the oldest theater still in use west of the Alleghenies, was used as a hospital after the second battle of Boonville in 1863, and was Price's headquarters during the 1864 Price Expedition. The fourth Battle of Boonville took place on the Vine St. side of the building.
Columbia
State Historical Society of Missouri
Columbia Cemetery
Jefferson City
Missouri State Museum
Located in the State Capitol Building, the museum includes an extensive collection of Civil War exhibits and artifacts, including a superb collection of union regimental battle flags.
Jefferson Landing State Hist. Site
Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is a complex of three restored pre-Civil War buildings, the Christopher Maus House, the Lohman Building visitor center and the Union Hotel gallery, located a block from the Capitol. Tours are available by reservation at the Lohman Building and the Union Hotel.
Lincoln University
Lincoln Insitute was established in 1866 by soldiers and officers of the 62nd and 65th Regiments, U.S. Colored Troops, with money saved by enlisted men from their military pay. It has long been Missouri's prestigious historic Black college, and is now Lincoln University.
Jefferson City National Cemetery
Established in 1867, this cemetery contains the graves of both union and confederate dead, and includes the mass grave of 79 soldiers of the 39th Missouri Vol. Infantry. The 39th was decimated, 124 dead in all, at the Battle of Centralia, and these dead were moved here, with the monument which marks their graves, from the original burial site in Centralia.
Waynesville
Old Stage Coach Stop Museum
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