dugsprings

The CWRT Ozarks Executive Committee formed a committee to study the possibility of placing a monument and/or interpretive display in Clever, Missouri, in anticipation of the 150th Anniversary of the nearby Battle/Skirmish at Dug Springs on August 2, 1861. Members/officers who have volunteered to serve on the committee so far are: Round Table Media Director Len Eagleburger (Acting-Chair of committee), Missouri State University History Professor and author Dr. Bill Piston , Evangel University History Professor, Dr. Larry Toll, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Ranger (Hulston Library) Jeffrey Patrick, and Round Table Vice-President Steve Buffat. David Stokely, of Clever, Mo., will be serving in an advisory position as site selector. Civil War Round Table President Tom Debo will serve Ex-Officio.

After declaring war on Missouri and chasing the Confederates into Southwest Missouri, the action at Dug Springs, Missouri on August 2, 1861 was the first contact that Union General Nathaniel Lyon's US and Volunteer forces had with the combined forces of the Missouri State Guard, Confederate Regular's and the Arkansas State Militia, commanded respectively by Generals Sterling Price, Gen. Ben McCullogh, and Gen. N.B. Pierce. It was a prelude to the carnage created at the Battle of Wilson's Creek just eight days later on August 10th. Combined casualties totalled 125 killed or wounded.

For more information contact:

Len Eagleburger

Acting Chair of the Committee

Media Director

Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks

923 S. Missouri

Springfield, MO 65806

417.863.1845

leneagleburger@sbcglobal.net