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Wilson's Creek National Battlefield recognizes 152nd anniversary of battle
Volunteers perform period weapon demonstrations at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield on Sunday





Aug. 12, 2013 |
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Wilson's Creek: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield commemorated the 152nd anniversary of the Battle of Wilson's Creek with some live firing demonstrations.
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    Scenes of Battle at Wilson's Creek
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    Cannon Fire at Wilson's Creek Battlefield
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    Guns of the Wilson's Creek Battle
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Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is on Farm Road 182 just east of ZZ Highway southwest of Springfield. The park has a visitors center, and visitors can take a 4.9-mile self-guided driving tour of the park and stop at several historic sites along the way. Cost is $5 per adult per car, with a maximum of $10 per vehicle. For information, visit www.nps.gov/wicr.

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Every time the volunteers, who were dressed as Confederate soldiers, fired their black-powder rifles, the wind swept the acrid smoke over the small crowd of people watching.

Chief Park Ranger John Sutton said the whole Wilson’s Creek battlefield would have smelled that way because smoke from the weapons of thousands of soldiers would have lingered on that hot, windless day 152 years ago during the Civil War.

For the rest, including video: http://www.news-leader.com/article/...d-anniversary?odyssey=nav|head&nclick_check=1
 
At 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 10, 2013 the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield hosted the 152nd Battle of Wilson's Creek Ceremony. The highlight of the ceremony was the announcement of:

"the acquisition of 60 acres on the southeast boundary of the park to preserve the site of Colonel Franz Sigel's first position on the morning of August 10, 1861, as he placed his six artillery pieces on the hill and waited for orders to fire on the Confederate forces camped in farmer Sharp's cornfield below. Although not included in the park's orginal boundary, the tract has since by recognized by Congress as a historically significant piece of the battle of Wilson's Creek story."

quote from THE BUGLE CALL, The Newsletter of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation, Summer 2013
 
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