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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
 

      

Marker dedicated to Civil War battle

 

September 28, 2008                                                                    

Springfield-News Leader 

 

 
A Civil War Historical Marker memorializing the Battle of Dug Spring will be dedicated at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in Clever. 
The marker is located on the west end of the parking lot in front of the Middle School, 401 Inman St.
Groups involved in the effort to erect the memorial will participate in the dedication and unveiling.
A short discussion of the significance of this battle will be part of the program. Re-enactors in period dress, local historians, Clever Schools and the city government are also expected to participate.
The Battle of Dug Spring on Aug. 2, 1861, on the Old Wire Road just outside Clever, was a significant event in the history of the Civil War in Missouri.
It was part of the campaign for control of the western region of America nd was a precursor of a bigger battle that was to occur a week later at Wilson's Creek.
 
  

                                                                            

 

 

 

                                       

                                

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