Boonville in Cooper County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 1, 2024

1. 4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory of soldiers of the 4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, killed by bushwackers under the command of “Bloody Bill” Anderson in Howard County, Missouri, 28 August 1864.

Sgt George H. Baugh • Orderly Sgt Porter W. Davis • Pvt John F. Hathaway • Pvt Alfred Gosnell • Pvt Thomas Mitchell • Sgt Alvin Moore • Pvt James O'Neal • Corp David A. Shough

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

Location. 38° 57.797′ N, 92° 44.689′ W. Memorial is in Boonville, Missouri, in Cooper County. It can be reached from South Street east of Nelson Street, on the left when traveling east. Memorial is in Sunset Hills Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Boonville MO 65233, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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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 walking distance of this marker: Affair at Rawlings Lane (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Roslyn Heights (approx. half a mile away); Kemper Military School & College 1844-2002 (approx. half a mile away); In Memory of Hannah Cole (approx. 0.6 miles away); Skirmish at Vollrath Farm (approx. 0.7 miles away); Capture of Union Troops (approx. 0.7 miles away); Thespian Hall (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Civil War in Boonville (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boonville.

More about this memorial. The slain soldiers were buried in this cemetery in the immediate aftermath of the ambush. Their remains have since been exhumed and reburied in national cemeteries in Jefferson City, Mo.

Also see . . . Sunset Hills Cemetery - Boonville, MO - Part II - Ambushed at Rawling's Lane. “Captain Parke stated he fought for fifteen minutes and had 7 men killed...The men killed are said to have been massacred,

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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 1, 2024

2. 4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry Memorial

four being scalped, one hung and scalped; three had their throats cut; their bodies were afterward recovered and buried at Boonville.” (Jim Schmidt, “Civil War Medicine (and Writing)” blog, April 2, 2014) (Submitted on July 26, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 530 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.