Ironton, Missouri.
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Erected 1886 By the Surviving Veterans of the 21st Regt. Ill. Vol. Inft. To commemorate the spot where their Col. Ulysses S. Grant Received his commission as general, 1861, And parting from his regt. entered On his career of . . .
(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Erected 1886 By the Surviving Veterans of the 21st Regt. Ill. Vol. Inft. To commemorate the spot where their Col. Ulysses S. Grant Received his commission as general, 1861, And parting from his regt. entered On his career of . . . (War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
A Memorial to All Our Service Men Who Have Given Their Lives for Our Country Erected by V.F.W. Post 5527 1969 Ft. Davidson Post No. 5527 Veterans of Foreign Wars Roll of Honor World War II Willis E. Asher • Everett E. Lotz . . . 
Recognition is given to B.P. Burnham, then county superintendent of schools, for his originality foresight and leadership in organizing the first 4-H clubs in Missouri: one at a high school in Ironton, the other at the one . . . 
Settlers to what we now call Iron County arrived in the first few decades of the 19th century. Little did they know what would unfold just a few more decades later when the Civil War erupted in Missouri. One of those first . . . 
Howell's Georgia Battery. 2 6 Pounders, 4 12 pounder Howitzers. Gist's (Walker's) Division, Reserve Corps. September 19, 1863. Captain Evan P. Howell, Commanding. 1st Lieutenant W. G. Robson. 2d Lieutenant T. J. Gilmore. 2d . . . 
C.S.A. Georgia. Howell's Battery. Captain Evan P. Howell. Wilson's Brigade. Walker's Division. 10 A.M. September 19, 1863.
Calvert's Arkansas Battery. 2 6 Pounders, 2 12 Pounder Howitzers. Polk's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, Hill's Corps. September 19, 1863. 1st Lieutenant Thomas Key, Commanding. 2d Lieutenant Willis M. Hopwood. 2d Lieutenant . . . 
Ironton Gap, about a quarter mile wide, separates Shepherd and Pilot Knob mountains and divides Arcadia Valley into northern and southern halves. Through the gap passed the road which connected the villages of Pilot Knob and . . . 
Skirmishes between Clark’s rebel brigade and the Union’s 14th Iowa were fought on Shepherd Mt. on the second day. Prior to the assault on Ft. Davidson two Rebel cannons were placed on the mountain, but, because of the . . . 
The two branches of Knob Creek, a tributary of Stouts Creek, enclosed Ft. Davidson on three sides. Cabell’s brigade charged the fort three times from its position behind the creek in the center of the rebel line. Most of . . . 
Blanche K. Bruce House has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1977 National Park Service United States . . . 
has been designated A National Landmark listed in The National Register of Historic Places under the provisions of the Historic Act of August 1, 1935. This site possesses historic architectural significance. National Park . . . 
The first church for Catholics in the Moreauville area along Bayou des Glaises was built in 1858 and known as St. Hyacinthe's Mission Chapel that was administered by St. Paul's Church, Mansura. Widow Aimee Joffrion Boyer . . . 
Imagine the expanse of water between Fisgard Lighthouse and Albert Head (to your right) filled with ships at anchor. Named “Royal Roads” in colonial times, this was a safe anchorage, a place to wait for daylight, calm seas . . . 
Semple's Alabama Battery. 4 Napoleons. Wood's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, Hill's Corps. September 19, 1863. Captain Henry C. Semple, Commanding. 1st Lieutenant Richard W. Goldthwaite. 1st Lieutenant E. C. McLelland. 2d . . . 
Long before cars were built along the lower Rouge River in Dearborn, the site was home to shipbuilding. Early 1700s French settlers established a small shipyard on the Rouge River at Baby Creek. The British later used the . . . 
Sublett Inn and Stagecoach Stop Stage lines, carrying mail and passengers, were used throughout south central Kentucky to connect to the railroads. Inns along the route were sometimes better known that the villages and towns . . . 
Text on the front side of the monument: 15th Ohio Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps. Text on the back side of the monument: The 15th Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Askew commanding, was engaged in . . . 
Text on the front side of the monument: 49th Ohio Infantry 1st Brigade. 2nd Division 20th Army Corps. Text on the back side of the monument: The 49th Regiment, Major Samuel F. Gray commanding. Organized August 20th, 1861 . . . 
Text on the front side of the monument: 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry. 1st Brigade - Willich, 2nd Division - Johnson. 20th Corps - McCook. Text on the back side of the monument: Indiana's Tribute To Her Thirty-Second . . . 
