Battle of Springfield Marker #2 - Springfield, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 37° 12.400 W 093° 17.551
15S E 474043 N 4117839
Marker giving some of the event of the Battle of Springfield during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WMD2GN
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Battle of Springfield

At this location stood the two-story brick Methodist Church converted by Federal authorities into the city's arsenal.  In the frantic predawn hours of January 8, 1863, three hundred Union convalescent soldiers and civilian volunteers, organized into companies by Capt. C.B. McAfee, 3rd MSM Cavalry, and Brigade Surgeon Samuel H. Melcher, marched to the Methodist Church from the square.  Here they received weapons and ammunition.  These men were then sent to man Fort No. 4 and the city's defenses.

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