Near Calwood in Callaway County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Battle of Moore's Mill

Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 10, 2022

1. The Battle of Moore's Mill Marker

Inscription. Here on the afternoon of July 28, 1862, some 400 recruits and guerrillas from north Missouri led by Colonel Joseph C. Porter, C.S.A., ambushed 730 Union troops under Colonel Odon Guitar of the Ninth Missouri Cavalry. After several hours of fierce fighting, the Confederates were forced by superior firepower to retreat northward along Auxvasse Creek leaving 52 dead and more than 100 wounded. Union losses were 13 killed and 55 wounded. This action prevented Porter and his men from crossing the Missouri River to join Confederate forces in Arkansas. Many of the casualties are buried in a mass grave on the south side of the road about one mile west of Calwood.

Erected by the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society and the Civil War Round Table of St. Louis.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 28, 1862.

Location. 38° 54.691′ N, 91° 50.987′ W. Marker is near Calwood, Missouri, in Callaway County. It is on State Highway JJ 0.6 miles south of State Highway Z, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4039 State Hwy JJ, Fulton MO 65251, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Little Dixie

and in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Midwest,

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named The Battle of Moore's Mill (here, next

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to this marker); a different marker also named The Battle of Moore's Mill (here, next to this marker); The Battle of Moore's Mill Mass Grave (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Moore's Mill Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Jones Tan Yard - 1820 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Old Auxvasse Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); Grant's Stage Stand - 1821 (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Kingdom Comes to Callaway (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calwood.

Also see . . . The Battle of Moore's Mill on Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 15, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 10, 2022

2. The Battle of Moore's Mill Marker

Marker is located on the side of the road, over a half mile south of the unincorporated town of Calwood.

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 10, 2022

3. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) plaque

supplementary plaque posted under the marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 870 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 15, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.