Near La Russell in Lawrence County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Cave Springs Cemetery Civil War Memorial

Photographed by Thomas Onions, November 7, 2009

1. Cave Springs Cemetery Civil War Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Cave Springs Cemetery Civil War Memorial. . , (Picture of the Union Eagle resting upon a striped shield. A banner with the words "Union Forever" in its beak. It is clutching arrows and an olive branch.), In memory of the Union Soldiers and Citizens of Cave Spring and Bowers' Mill Whose Lives Were Lost in the Defence of Their Homes During the Terrible Civil War in Southwest Missouri 1861 - 1865 , 76th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia , Cave Spring School , Co. D - Capt. Green C. Stotts , Biddlecome, John Pvt. 10/27/1862 DOD . Cooper, William Pvt. 1/24/1862 Died . Degraffenreid, John Pvt. 03/19/1863 KIA . Downey, George Pvt. 11/01/1862 KIA . Hoswaw, Stephen Pvt. 11/01/1862 KIA . Lawrence, Franklin Pvt. 10/29/1862 KIA . McGehee, Asa P. Pvt. 11/21/1862 DOD . Moore, George Pvt. 12/25/1862 DOD . Porter, Esquire 10/11/1862 KIA . Young, Riley Pvt. 09/06/1862 KIA . Gaither, Ephriam 2nd Lt Co. C 11/21/1862 KIA , Bowers' Mill , Co. G , Capt. Henry Fisher , Capt. Thomas Stemmons , Baker, Peter Pvt. 07/20/1864 . Blake, John K. 07/20/1864 KIA . Buck, William Pvt. 01/29/1863 KIA . Clark, Orange 07/20/1864 KIA . Fisher, David Corp. 09/ /1864 KIA . Fisher, Henry Capt. 03/19/1863 KIA . Lawrence, J.P. Pvt. 07/20/1864 KIA . Messic, Gentry Pvt. 01/28/1863 DOD . Rice, Hiram Pvt. 09/17/1863 KIA . Seymour, Robert Pvt. 07/20/1864 KIA . Spencer, William 2nd Sgt. 01/29/1863 KIA , 7th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia , Commanders , Co. C , Capt. Green C. Stotts , Capt. Thomas Stemmons , Alexander, Absalom Pvt. 11/26/1863 Death . Arthur, Austia L. Corp. 11/23/1863 DOW . Crawford, Stephen Pvt. 10/29/1864 KIA . Estes, Thomas Pvt. Died . Henson, Thomas C. Pvt. 09/07/1864 KIA . Jackson, Robert V. Pvt. 06/01/1863 Death . Lawrence, Alfred Pvt. 07/04/1864 KIA . Lowry, James Pvt. 04/12/1864 DOD . Morris, John W. Pvt. 04/16/1864 Died . Sly, Levi Pvt. 1863 KIA . Wilkinson, John 05/02/1863 Died , 15th Regiment Cavalry Missouri Volunteers , Co. C , Commander - Capt. Green C. Stotts , Dunkle, George Pvt. 09/14/1864 KIA . Guthrie, Richard Pvt. 09/14/1864 KIA . White, John Pvt. 09/14/1864 KIA , Civilian Casualties , Sarah Alexander 10/05/1863 . Richard Price Anderson 10/19/1862 . Dr. Daniel D. Beck 09/30/1864 . Linzey S. Beck 09/30/1864 . Dr. J. M. Stemmons 03/08/1862 . James H. Colley 06/16/1862 . Charlotte Colley 06/16/1862 Age 6 . Laban T. Fullerton 05/24/1865 . James M. Hunbard 09/14/1864 . Josiah Sparks 09/14/1864 , "Poor is the Nation that has no Heroes - Shameful is the Nation that has Them and Forgets"

(Picture of the Union Eagle resting upon a striped shield. A banner with the words "Union Forever" in its beak. It is clutching arrows and an olive branch.)

In memory of the Union Soldiers & Citizens of Cave Spring and Bowers' Mill Whose Lives Were Lost in the Defence of Their Homes During the Terrible Civil War in Southwest Missouri 1861 - 1865

76th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia

Cave Spring School
Co. D - Capt. Green C. Stotts

Biddlecome, John Pvt. 10/27/1862 DOD • Cooper, William Pvt. 1/24/1862 Died • Degraffenreid, John Pvt. 03/19/1863 KIA • Downey, George Pvt. 11/01/1862 KIA • Hoswaw, Stephen Pvt. 11/01/1862 KIA • Lawrence, Franklin Pvt. 10/29/1862 KIA • McGehee, Asa P. Pvt. 11/21/1862 DOD • Moore, George Pvt. 12/25/1862 DOD • Porter, Esquire 10/11/1862 KIA • Young, Riley Pvt. 09/06/1862 KIA • Gaither, Ephriam 2nd Lt Co. C 11/21/1862 KIA

Bowers' Mill
Co. G
Capt. Henry Fisher
Capt. Thomas Stemmons

Baker, Peter Pvt. 07/20/1864 • Blake, John K. 07/20/1864 KIA • Buck, William Pvt. 01/29/1863 KIA • Clark, Orange 07/20/1864 KIA • Fisher, David Corp. 09/ /1864 KIA • Fisher, Henry Capt. 03/19/1863 KIA • Lawrence, J.P. Pvt. 07/20/1864 KIA • Messic, Gentry Pvt. 01/28/1863 DOD • Rice, Hiram Pvt. 09/17/1863 KIA • Seymour, Robert Pvt.

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07/20/1864 KIA • Spencer, William 2nd Sgt. 01/29/1863 KIA

7th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia
Commanders
Co. C
Capt. Green C. Stotts
Capt. Thomas Stemmons

Alexander, Absalom Pvt. 11/26/1863 Death • Arthur, Austia L. Corp. 11/23/1863 DOW • Crawford, Stephen Pvt. 10/29/1864 KIA • Estes, Thomas Pvt. Died • Henson, Thomas C. Pvt. 09/07/1864 KIA • Jackson, Robert V. Pvt. 06/01/1863 Death • Lawrence, Alfred Pvt. 07/04/1864 KIA • Lowry, James Pvt. 04/12/1864 DOD • Morris, John W. Pvt. 04/16/1864 Died • Sly, Levi Pvt. 1863 KIA • Wilkinson, John 05/02/1863 Died

15th Regiment Cavalry Missouri Volunteers
Co. C
Commander - Capt. Green C. Stotts

Dunkle, George Pvt. 09/14/1864 KIA • Guthrie, Richard Pvt. 09/14/1864 KIA • White, John Pvt. 09/14/1864 KIA

Civilian Casualties

Sarah Alexander 10/05/1863 • Richard Price Anderson 10/19/1862 • Dr. Daniel D. Beck 09/30/1864 • Linzey S. Beck 09/30/1864 • Dr. J. M. Stemmons 03/08/1862 • James H. Colley 06/16/1862 • Charlotte Colley 06/16/1862 Age 6 • Laban T. Fullerton 05/24/1865 • James M. Hunbard 09/14/1864 • Josiah Sparks 09/14/1864

"Poor is the Nation that has no Heroes - Shameful is the Nation that has Them and Forgets"

Erected 2009 by Eastern Jasper County Historic Sites Association

Photographed by Thomas Onions, November 7, 2009

2. Cave Springs Cemetery Civil War Memorial Marker

Photo of Marker & Cemetery

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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 37° 6.675′ N, 94° 3.827′ W. Memorial is near La Russell, Missouri, in Lawrence County. It is on County Route 4 one mile north of Dogwood Lane, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: La Russell MO 64848, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sarcoxie, Missouri (approx. 4.1 miles away); Sarcoxie Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Pierce City (approx. 12 miles away); Monett Baseball (approx. 14 miles away); The Sizer Home (approx. 14.8 miles away); The Gardner Home (approx. 14.9 miles away); High School + Junior College (approx. 15 miles away); Eugene Field (approx. 15 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 2,946 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on March 5, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 8, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.