Rolla

Phelps County Courthouse

St. James

Missouri Veterans Home & Cem.

Leasburg

Battle of Leasburg
A small but important battle was fought here on September 29, 1864, when the union column retreating from Pilot Knob made a stand at the Southwest Branch Railroad. SITE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.

Potosi

St. James Church

Park Hills

Hildebrand Gravesite

Ironton

Fort Davidson State Historic Site
State facility, including interpretative museum, on site of preserved earthwork. Fort Davidson was the focal point of 1864 Battle of Pilot Knob.

Battle of Pilot Knob
"The Thermopylae of the West," so named in a definitive study published in 1914, was fought on September 26-27, 1864. The battle ended with a ferocious and unsuccessful Confederate assault on Fort Davidson. (See Fort Davidson SHS)

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Pilot Knob served as a Union field hospital during the Battle of Pilot Knob. The frame structure has the original pipe-organ, one-piece alter, pews and pulpit. (Description courtesy of The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning & Economic Development Commission)

Iron County Courthouse
Constructed in 1860, the battle scarred Iron County Courthouse is still in use. Scene of one of the opening actions of the Battle of Pilot Knob.

21st Illinois Monument
Statue dedicated in 1886 by Veterans of U.S. Grant's first command marks the location of Grant's headquarters in August, 1861. Located 2 blocks South of courthouse on the grounds of St. Marie du Lac Catholic Church.

Fredericktown

Battle of Fredericktown
The town of Fredericktown changed hands twice, October 17 and 21, 1861, as union forces closed in on a State Guard invasion force under M. Jeff Thompson. The battle site is in good condition, and viewable from the town cemetery. It is not protected.

Lowe Gravesite
Grave of Col. Adin B. Lowe, highest-ranking officer to die in the Battle of Fredericktown, is in the NE corner of the cemetery behind St. Michael's Catholic Church.

Battle of Fredericktown Marker
Marker located on the courthouse square commemorates this early Battle in Grant's river campaign.

Confederate Monument
Monument located on South Main Street, just north of the cemetery, is dedicated to the Confederate dead at the Battle of Fredericktown.

Mine La Motte Monument
Located 3 miles north of Fredericktown, a marker locates the site of the first lead mine in Missouri. The mine works were destroyed by union forces in 1861, and again by Confederate forces under JO Shelby in September, 1864.

Bufordville

Bollinger Mill State Historic Site
Mill building was constructed in 1868 to replace the building destroyed by Union forces. Construction of existing covered bridge was interrupted by the Civil War.

Cape Girardeau

Battle of Cape Girardeau
Several battles and skirmishes were fought in and around the city of Cape Girardeau. Most notable was a battle on April 26, 1863 when Confederate Gen. John S. Marmaduke attacked the Union troops staioned in Cape Girardeau under the command of Gen John McNeill.

Common Pleas Courthouse
Completed in 1854, the courthouse was important to the Union forces during the Civil War. The provost marshal chose this location for his headquarters, and its dungeon was used as a jail for Confederate soldiers. (Description courtesy of Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau)

Fort D Park
This is the last surviving earthwork among a ring of forts which protected Cape Girardeau when it was, in 1861, one of the most fortified places in the West.

Port Cape Building
One of the oldest standing structures west of the Mississippi River, Port Cape Girardeau's abstract dates back to a Spanish land grant and shows construction was prior to 1836. According to his memoirs published in 1885, General Grant received "important special instructions" assigning him "to the command of the district of southeast Missouri, embracing all the territory south of St. Louis, in Missouri, as well as all southern Illinois." He commandeered the three-storied building of Port Cape for his temporary headquarters. With walls three bricks thick, it provided warmth as well as extra protection from any elements waiting outside. (Description courtesy of Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau). The building now houses the Port Cape Girardeau restaurant.

Patterson

Fort Benton
This earthwork was built in 1862 as an outpost for the Union garrison at Ironton, 30 miles to the north. The fort was the scene of two skirmishes, including an attack by elements of Shelby's command (September 22, 1864) during Price's Expedition.

Bloomfield

Stars and Stripes Museum
Museum dedicated to the "soldier's newspaper", which was first published on November 9, 1861 in Bloomfield. Members of Illinois infantry regiments who had captured Bloomfield as part of Grant's Belmont campaign used the abandoned equipment of the Bloomfield Herald to publish their camp paper.

Stoddard County Civil War Cemetery

Belmont

Battle of Belmont
Scene of the Battle of Belmont, U.S. Grant's first battle (November 7,1861), is marked by an interpretive panel located at the river at the east end of State highway 80. The battlefield is in a pristine state, but is in private ownership. THE BATTLE SITE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.

New Madrid Area

Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site
Built in 1859, and witness to the siege of New Madrid in 1862, this River Road mansion is now a State facility.

Battle of Island No. 10
Union forces commanded by John Pope, including a flotilla of ironclads under the command of Adm. Andrew Foote, captured the Confederate stronghold of Island No. 10 (several miles southeast of New Madrid) on April 8, 1862. The battle site has been obliterated by the meanderings of the Mississippi. An interpretative panel commemorates this strategic battle. THE BATTLE SITE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.