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Bethany Township in Harrison County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

General Benjamin M. Prentiss Memorial Park

 
 
General Benjamin M. Prentiss Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 15, 2021
1. General Benjamin M. Prentiss Memorial Park Marker
Inscription.
This park is named in memory of General Prentiss, former resident of Bethany and General in the Union Army during the Civil War. General Prentiss is recognized as “The Hero of the Battle of Shiloh.”

Date of birth: November 23, 1819
Date of death: February 8, 1901

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational AreasPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is November 23, 1819.
 
Location. 40° 15.765′ N, 94° 2.164′ W. Marker is in Bethany, Missouri, in Harrison County. It is in Bethany Township. Memorial is on Beekman Street just west of South 15th Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located beside the walkway near the parking lot on the south side of the park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bethany MO 64424, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Home of Babe Adams (approx. 0.4 miles away); Last of the American Doughboys / Harrison County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bethany Veterans' Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Harrison County Court (approx. 1.7 miles away); Harrison County (approx. 1.7 miles away).
 
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1. Benjamin Prentiss.
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When the war broke out, Prentiss led Union troops in Missouri operating against the Confederate Missouri State Guard. He commanded a division in Ulysses S. Grant’s army at Shiloh, where his men bore the brunt of the Confederate assault around the Hornet’s Nest on April 6th, 1862. Prentiss was captured in the fighting there, and he was paroled in October. In March, 1863, Prentiss was sent to Arkansas where he led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Helena on the Mississippi River on July 4th that year. After the war, Prentiss became a lawyer and served as postmaster of Bethany, Missouri.
(Submitted on February 22, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.) 

2. Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Sr. (Find A Grave).
(Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri)
Civil War Union Major General. Born in Belleville, Virginia. At the beginning of the Civil War he organized a company of volunteers and was appointed Colonel of the 7th Illinois Regiment. In May 1861, he was promoted Brigadier General served in southern Missouri and routed a large body of Confederates at Mount Zion. At the Battle of Shiloh, on the first day he was taken prisoner with most of his command. He was prisoner released in October 1862, appointed Major General and commanded
General Benjamin M. Prentiss Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 15, 2021
2. General Benjamin M. Prentiss Memorial Park Marker
(looking northeast across the park • South 15th Street in background)
the post at Helena, Arkansas until he resigned his commission on October 28, 1863.
(Submitted on February 22, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 91 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 21, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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