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Union Memorial (back) - Near Gravesite at Entrance to Battlefield
Photographer: Tony Meyers
Taken: August 10, 2011
Caption: Union Memorial (back) - Near Gravesite at Entrance to Battlefield
Additional Description: Union units at Lexington Lafayette County (Missouri) Home Guard 23rd Illinois Infantry 1st Illinois Cavalry 1st Illinois Cavalry 13th Missouri Infantry 14th Missouri Home Guard Infantry 27th Missouri Mounted Infantry Van Horn’s Battalion Berry’s Cavalry Battalion The Medal of Honor George Henry Palmer 1841-1901 1st Illinois Cavalry Presented the Medal of Honor in 1896 for heroism at the Siege of Lexington, Missouri. Palmer, a musician in the regimental band, volunteered for duty in the trenches and led a charge to retake the Anderson House which served as a Union hospital. The skirmish resulted in the capture of Missouri State Guard sharpshooters and Union forces occupying the Anderson House for the second time.
Submitted: August 14, 2011, by Tony Meyers of Liberty, Missouri.
Database Locator Identification Number: p167815
File Size: 0.325 Megabytes

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