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	Boonville History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Boonville, named for Daniel Boone, became the center of the Boon's Lick Country, an area where the soil was reputed to be the most fertile in the United States Territory.
		Boonville's position on the Missouri River, highway of the frontier, brought settlers and merchandise to its wharves and caused rapid development of a prosperous river trade.
		Boonville was incorporated by the State of Missouri on February 10,1839 and enjoyed a continuous and prosperous growth during the 30 years preceding the Civil War.
	mo-river.net /history/cooper/boonville_history/boonhistory.htm (826 words)

	Thespian Hall - Boonville, Missouri
		It was, according to an 1841 comment by the editor of the Boonville Register, "the first visible sign of improvement" toward making the town a rival of any community in the state with the exception of St. Louis.
		Boonville was considered by many to be destined to become the greatest city in Central Missouri - the westward point of civilization and culture.
		During the Civil War's Second Battle of Boonville, the Hall was used as a hospital and, at various time,s as a barracks by different army troops.
	www.c-magic.com /boonvill/Thespian.htm (800 words)

	Mark Twains Big Battle
		If I do say it, it was the bloodiest battle ever fought in human history; there is nothing approaching it for the destruction of human life in the field, if you take into consideration the forces engaged and the proportion of death to survival.
		It takes the battle of Boonville, fought nearby, about the date of our slaughter, and shouts its teeth loose over it, and yet never even mentions ours; doesn’t even call it an “affair”, doesn’t call it anything at all; never heard of it.
		So began and ended the only battle in the history of the world where the opposing force was utterly exterminated, swept from the face of the earth – to the last man. And yet, you don’t even know the name of that man. Now, then, for the argument.
	www.bivouacbooks.com /bbv3i1s8.htm (619 words)

	Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery - Selected Chronology of the Civil War
		Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing (TN), GEN Albert Sydney Johnston dies (6 Apr.).
		Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg (MD); Battle of Munfordville (KY).
		Battle of Appomattox (Appomattox Campaign, VA), Lee surrenders Army of Northern Virginia; Battle of Ft. Blakely (AL).
	www.batteryb.com /battles/chronology.html (1504 words)

	Battle of Boonville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Boonville was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on June 17, 1861, in Cooper County, Missouri.
		The battle itself was little more than a skirmish, but at the time this was one of the first significant land actions of the war and it would have grave consequences for Confederate hopes in Missouri.
		Rorvig, Paul; The Significant Skirmish: The Battle of Boonville, June 17, 1861.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Boonville (1245 words)

	Columbia Missourian - Hallowed ground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		BOONVILLE — Situated on a cliff above a bend in the Missouri River, it’s one of the highest pieces of land in Boonville.
		She hopes to have other re-enactments of the Second Battle, the first state fair or the homestead of Hannah Cole, one of Boonville’s original settlers.
		“Boonville is in existence because of the things that happened on that land,” said Eric McNeal, a historic preservationist with Friends of Historic Boonville, which will look to the community and grants for financial support.
	columbiamissourian.com /news/story.php?ID=22413 (608 words)

	Book Reviews
		Battle on the Bay is one of the best of the “city at war” sub-genre of Civil War history books that have become increasingly popular in recent times.
		On the negative side, the naval battles have no accompanying maps, making it a little difficult to follow the action at times, and there was no list of military units stationed in and around the city during the war.
		The battle at Marshall, the raid’s most significant fight, was described by the author in detail, though a map would have been helpful to readers unfamiliar with the area.
	www.camppope.com /review.htm (9391 words)

	Battle of Wilson's Creek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was a battle in the American Civil War that occurred August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Union forces and the Missouri State Guard.
		Lyon pursued Jackson and Price (and the official state government) across Missouri in skirmishes such as Battle of Boonville on June 17 followed by the Battle of Carthage on July 5, 1861.
		With the rout of Sigel's flank, the momentum of the battle shifted in the Missourians' favor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Wilson's_Creek (1434 words)

	Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, First Battle of Boonville Missouri
		Monday, June 17, 1861, the report came to the state's quota of "rebels" gathered at Boonville under the orders of General Price that General Lyon was landing his men on the Cooper county side of the Missouri River.
		Orders were sent for 50,000 men to gather at Boonville and Sunday, June 16, they began to arrive, with their leaders, Governor Jackson and General Price, stationed at the old City Hotel.
		Upon inquiring of him whether he was in the battle of Boonville or not I learned he was the rider of the fl horse and was Tom Stephens of Bunceton.
	www.missouridivision-scv.org /bmay1998.htm (1274 words)

	Thespian Hall - Boonville -UncleWebster
		Thespian Hall, oldest theater still in use west of the Alleghenies, stands as a magnificent symbol of Boonville's determination to celebrate its cultural heritage and to preserve it for future generations.
		In 1838, a year before Boonville was incorporated, the first seeds of interest in theatrical entertainment were sown when the Thespian Society was organized.
		The transition from the Thespian Society to the incorporated Boonville Library, Reading Room and Thespian Association was made on February 27, 1855.
	midmo.unclewebster.com /parks/boone/theatres/th.shtml (788 words)

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		The roar of battle was heard miles away, while on the high ground west of the creek, thereafter known as Bloody Hill, clouds of gunpowder smoke shrouded the wounded and the dead strewn across a devastated landscape.
		But after the battle there would be little time to grieve for the dead or reflect on the fate of the wounded because the machinery of war had been set in relentless motion and would grind on for many months and years to come.
		Meanwhile, many of the men who fought at Wilson's Creek went on to fight in hundreds of other battles during the war, many of which would prove to be much like the one at Wilson's Creek: bitterly contested, costly, and too often inconclusive.
	www.nps.gov /wicr/battle.html (1077 words)

	September 09, 1861, Monday
		The role of Negro soldiers in the Second Battle of Boonville has never been presented and is generally unknown.
		I send you an account of the last "Boonville battle" which is nearer the truth then any thing I have seen published.
		Letters concerning the Negro involvement in the Second Battle of Boonville and written when the event occurred is certainly credible evidence.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mocooper/Military/Negro_Soldiers.htm (3858 words)

	Wilson's Creek Staff Ride & Battlefield Tour
		Confederates who engaged the Regulars in battle were quick to note that fact in their after-action reports, as if fighting against the U.S. Regulars was a significant mark of the severity of the battle.
		Thus, when the battle started, the mounted men were out of touch with their division commanders, and this led to much of the confusion that plagued the Confederate camps in the opening phase of the battle.
		Other outbuildings existed at the time of the battle, including a large stock and hay barn southeast of the house; slave quarters for Wiley, Rhoda, and their children; a chicken house; west of the house; and a smokehouse in the southwest corner of the yard.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Knapp/knapp.asp (19809 words)

	Featured Articles
		The most important Civil War battle in the Kansas City area was the Battle of Westport, known as the âGettysburg of the West.â On Oct. 23, 1864, the ragtag brigades of Gen. Priceâs Confederate army met the combined Union armies that outnumbered him two to one.
		During the Battle of Westport, both Confederate and Union armies occupied the sturdy brick farmhouse and used it as an emergency field hospital.
		This battle, fought Aug. 10, 1861, was the first Confederate victory in the early stages of the war in Missouri, and the battle in which Gen. Nathaniel Lyon became the first Union general to be killed in the Civil War.
	www.visitmo.com /featuredArticles.cfm?ID=15 (3243 words)

	The Missouri in the Civil War Message Board - Message Index
		Bob -- Wednesday, 26 November 2003, at 4:47 p.m.
		Bob Younger -- Wednesday, 11 February 2004, at 2:01 p.m.
		Bob Schmidt -- Sunday, 14 November 2004, at 9:08 p.m.
	history-sites.com /mb/cw/mocwmb/index2.cgi (9666 words)

	Review: Cathy Barton and Dave Para Johnny Whistletrigger
		The First Battle of Boonville, in June 1861, made the cover of Harper's Weekly as one of the earliest skirmishes of the war.
		An example is "Pea Ridge," a song about the battle in northwestern Arkansas that is actually a variant of a song about an Indian attack in 1791 against a fort in northwestern Ohio.
		Inspired by the characters in their own historical research, Bob Dyer and Cathy Barton have written three original songs for the album, Bob set his two to tradition-al fiddle tunes.
	www.wvfest.com /performers/albumreviews.html?albid=20 (869 words)

	mohistory
		He was a cabinetmaker by trade but was also the local preacher at Boonville for several years.
		Pilot Grove is surrounded by Lamine township on the north, Boonville and
		His federal troops marched three miles to the ridge of Rocheport where the South was and opened fire Some of the federal troops had training and it showed through.
	schoolweb.missouri.edu /pilotgrovec4.k12.mo.us/mohistory.htm (3014 words)

	CIVIL WAR IN MISSOURI FACTS
		Although referred to as the Battle of Boonville, it was, in reality, a brief skirmish that lasted 20 minutes in which the superiority of Union troops prevailed and the Pro-Southern forces were routed and driven from the field of battle.
		This battle was the northernmost battle fought in Missouri.
		The Battle of Westport was the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi River.
	home.usmo.com /~momollus/MOFACTS.HTM (2542 words)

	Battle Summary: Carthage, MO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Upon learning that Sigel had encamped at Carthage, on the night of July 4, Jackson took command of the troops with him and formulated a plan to attack the much smaller Union force.
		The next morning, Jackson closed up to Sigel, established a battle line on a ridge ten miles north of Carthage, and induced Sigel to attack him.
		The battle had little meaning, but the pro-Southern elements in Missouri, anxious for any good news, championed their first victory.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/mo002.htm (243 words)

	The Civil War in Callaway County
		Delayed by the presence of Federal troops at Glasgow, their crossing point of the Missouri river, the Callaway troops missed the first major battle of the war in Missouri, the Battle of Boonville.
		At the Battle of Oak Hill (Wilson's Creek), the Callaway Guards fought at the center of the battle on Bloody Hill.
		Their last battle as the Callaway Guards was at Lexington, Missouri, the third week of September, 1861.
	callaway.county.missouri.org /cchistory.html (2051 words)

	Battle of Wilson's Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nathaniel Lyon was born on a farm in Eastport, Connecticut in 1818.
		In March 1861 he was president of the state convention that opposed secession and, disagreeing with the extreme Unionists, he accepted command of the Missouri militia in May of that year, with the rank of major general.
		Wherever the danger is greatest and the battle most doubtful, thither he hastens and stays until the danger is past.
	users.aol.com /CintiCWRT/wilsons.html (4463 words)

	Kemper Military School History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kemper was induced to move to Boonville in the spring of 1844.
		During the Battle of Gettysburg, on July 4, 1863, Brigadier General James Kemper personally led his brigade in the famous "Pickett's Charge" against Union forces that were entrenched on Cemetery Ridge.
		McCutchen died of wounds received during the Battle of Boonville on June 16, 1861.
	www.kemper1844.org /history.html (1686 words)

	Table of Contents-Gue (Page 1)
		The Fourth Iowa Infantry--G. Dodge its First Colonel--Services at the Battle of Pea Ridge--In the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou--Fighting of the Iowa Fourth--Services in the Vicksburg Campaign--In the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Ringgold--Reception of the Veterans by the Iowa Legislature--In Sherman's March to the Sea--Losses in Many Engagements.
		The Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteers--Sickness and Suffering in the Swamps--In the Yazoo Expedition--In the Battle of Helena and Steele's Expedition--The Battle of Mark's Mill--Most of the Regiment Captured.
		Eighth Iowa Cavalry--Serves in Kentucky and Tennessee--In the McCook Expedition--The Battle of Newman--In the Wilson Raid--Death of Colonel Dorr.
	iagenweb.org /history/hoi/HOI2TOC.htm (1702 words)

	STEAMBOATING ON THE MISSOURI - Pg. 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Henry McPherson, whose house still stands in Boonville on the north side of Spring Street near the corner of Spring and 4th Streets, was involved in steam-boating on the Missouri River from at least the mid-1850s until the mid-1880s, sometimes with his brother, Capt.
		John Porter had a virtual monopoly on the Boonville ferry service from the 1850s until his death in 1891, his best known boats being the Birdie Brent, which ran from 1871 until 1887, and the Joseph L. Stephens, which ran from 1887 until she was replaced by the Dorothy in 1909.
		Andrew Jackson ("Bud") Spahr was born in Boonville in 1842, the son of a well-known Boonville tobacco manufacturer, David Spahr.
	members.tripod.com /~Write4801/docs/moboats-3.html (1775 words)

	WHMC-Columbia--Williams, Roy D. (1881-1972), Papers, 1853-1972 (C3769)--INVENTORY
		Roy D. Williams was born in Boonville, Missouri, on 1 January 1881, the son of William Muir and Jessie Evans Williams.
		He was chairman of the state's first Tax Commission, commissioner on the Kansas City Court of Appeals, special assistant to the attorney general of the United States, assistant to the district attorney of the Western District of Missouri, hearing officer for conscientious objectors, and board member of the Confederate Home in Higginsville.
		Williams served on the Boonville school board, was an honorary trustee of Kemper Military School, and was appointed an honorary colonel on the staffs of three Missouri governors--Smith, Blair, and Dalton.
	www.umsystem.edu /whmc/invent/3769.html (516 words)

	Battle Summary: Boonville, MO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Reaching Jefferson City, the state capital, Lyon discovered that Jackson and Price had retreated towards Boonville.
		Lyon reembarked on steamboats, transported his men to below Boonville, marched to the town, and engaged the enemy.
		In a short fight, Lyon dispersed the Confederates, commanded on the field by Col. John S. Marmaduke, and occupied Boonville.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/mo001.htm (171 words)

	Pioneering Families with Roots in Madison County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The next important engagement was the battle of Boonville; the victory was given to Sheridan, who was promoted to brigadier general the next day, July 1, 1862.
		His brigade participated in the battle of Franklin and was driven back to Nashville, where they remained during Thomas' preparations for the great battle.
		Immediately after the battle of Nashville, which occurred on December 14 and 15, 1864, the subject of this memorial was appointed by the President, Brevet Brigadier General, for gallant conduct on that memorable battle-field.
	home.comcast.net /~madisoncounty/roots/CoonDatusE.htm (1092 words)

	Review: Cathy Barton and Dave Para Rebel in the Woods
		Three Boonville musicians have released a second volume of songs and tunes to complete a comprehensive study of this fascinating part of Civil War history.
		Barton and Para are known nationally and internationally for traditional folk music from Missouri and the Ozarks, and Dyer is a well-known songwriter, poet and historian.
		The 20-minute conflict, sometimes known as "the Boonville races," was the first Civil War battle in the state and made the cover of Harper's Weekly.
	www.wvfest.com /performers/albumreviews.html?albid=19 (455 words)

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