Palmyra Massacre Monument

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Palmyra Massacre Monument - Palmyra, Missouri

 

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Palmyra Massacre Monument - Palmyra, Missouri

Willis Baker is my favorite of the 10, he was 60 some years old and hadnt ever born arms in the ACW, though he did kill a neighbor in a dispute before the war......On execution day they came around offering prayers and a handshake to the condemned, Baker refused saying "Let every dog shake his own paw"

Edit-added- Also inside the courthouse is a large metal ball the was on top of the CW courthouse, that during Porter's raid Confederates used as target practice.