Battlefield (Missouri)
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Location in Missouri
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | Greene County, Missouri | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 7 ′ N , 93 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,393 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,142.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.47 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 388 m | ||
| Structure: | 1 | ||
| Postal code : | 65619 | ||
| Area code : | +1 417 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-03592 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0713740 | ||
| Website : | www.battlefieldmo.org | ||
| Mayor : | Aaron Kruse (as of May 2013) | ||
Battlefield, Missouri is a small town in Green County , Missouri , United States . The place got its name from the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861, one of the first major battles of the American Civil War .
location
Battlefield is located about 11 km southwest of Springfield , with 160,000 inhabitants the upper center of the area, in the middle of the Ozark Plateau , a gently rolling plateau west of the Mississippi or south of the Missouri .
history
In 1861 the Battle of Wilson's Creek took place at Battlefield between Union forces and the Missouri State Guard. Union Captain Nathaniel Lyon had marched along the Missouri to take Jefferson City , the capital of the state of Missouri. With his unit, now increased to 12,000 men, he attacked the Confederate Missouri Army on August 10. After initial superiority, the battle was lost and Lyon was killed. One had to withdraw. In total, over 2500 soldiers died in the fighting.
On May 4, 2003, parts of the city were destroyed by several tornadoes. Seven people were killed, 48 were injured and dozen lost their homes.
Memory of the battle
Several streets, parks and other landmarks in the place were named after events or people from this war, such as Z. Nathaniel Lyon Street , one of the main thoroughfares of the city.
Today the battlefield is in almost the same condition as it was in wartime 1861. Right next to the battlefield is the Wilson Creek Civil War Museum with an extensive collection of artifacts from the Civil War west of the Mississippi.
Web links
- Battlefield, Missouri - Official Homepage
- Wilson's Creek National Battlefield - Park and Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Hall ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Tornado statistics for Battlefield.Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ National overwiew - May 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Deadly tornadoes in central plains states Accessed on May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Tornado Report (map) ( Memento of the original dated May 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Wilson's Creek National Battlefield ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
