Near Park Avenue at McLain Lane, on the right when traveling west.
In June of 1863, Brigadier General John W. Davidson received orders to take command of the newly formed First Cavalry Division, Department of Missouri, (U.S.). The division consisted of 6,000 cavalrymen, thousands of horses, 16 pieces of field . . . — — Map (db m207651) HM
On South Prairie Street (County Highway AA) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on South Prairie Street.
On August 10, 1821, the Territory of Missouri became the 24th state of the United States. In 1829, the Missouri legislature set boundaries for a new county to be named after Major Amos Stoddard, a distinguished officer of the United States Army. . . . — — Map (db m207575) HM
On Center Street at Salem Street, on the right when traveling east on Center Street.
On Thursday morning, October 22, 1863, citizens of Bloomfield were puzzled by early morning activity around Union military headquarters. The battalion's four armed cavalry companies, with two artillery pieces, were drawn up in front of the . . . — — Map (db m207728) HM
On South Prairie Street (County Highway AA), on the right when traveling north.
(Front): Stoddard Countians Aboard the C.S. Arkansas
In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln requested General Winfield Scott to submit a plan to suppress the outbreak of the Civil War and reunite the Union. Scott devised "the Anaconda Plan" . . . — — Map (db m207528) HM
On Crowley's Ridge Drive (County Highway AA), on the left when traveling west.
The largest of Missouri's six southeast lowland counties, Stoddard encompasses 837 sq. miles. Organized 1835, it is named for Maj. Amos Stoddard, first American civil governor of Upper Louisiana. In the 1808 Osage Indian land cession, the county was . . . — — Map (db m207603) HM
On West Missouri Street (County Highway J) at South School Street, on the right when traveling east on West Missouri Street.
In 1853 a group of Bloomfield citizens organized the Bloomfield Educational Society for the purpose of establishing a "First Class Literary Institution in Bloomfield." In 1854 the directors purchased land for a building site and in 1855 the Missouri . . . — — Map (db m208055) HM
On North Prairie Street (County Highway AA) at Phelan Street, on the right when traveling south on North Prairie Street.
The strategic location of Bloomfield on the high ground of Crowley's Ridge made it an important crossroads during the Civil War. Both Union and Confederate forces contested for control of the region. The small community changed hands more than . . . — — Map (db m208228) HM
On South Prairie Street (County Highway AA) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on South Prairie Street.
During the Civil War, Bloomfield was a geographically commanding point in southeastern Missouri due to its location atop Crowley's Ridge, the only high ground separating two nearly impenetrable swamps. Whoever held Bloomfield controlled movements on . . . — — Map (db m207550) HM
Shortly after three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, October 29, 1864, six Confederate prisoners of war were taken from their cell in the Gratiot Street Prison in St Louis and executed by a military firing squad. This was by order of Federal Major . . . — — Map (db m131219) HM
On State Highway 25 at East Shawnee Street (State Highway E), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 25.
(Front): An article in the Missouri Democrat, a Cape Girardeau newspaper, dated July 3, 1862, described the war-weary community of Bloomfield. It also told of a certain tree used for sad occasions. Two or three of us went down and . . . — — Map (db m60710) HM
On South Prairie Street (County Highway AA) at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on South Prairie Street.
On Saturday, November 2, 1861. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant directed Colonel Richard J. Oglesby of the 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment to move from Bird's Point, Missouri. to destroy Brigadier General Jeff Thompson's Confederate forces in . . . — — Map (db m207533) HM
On South School Street at West Missouri Street (County Highway J), on the right when traveling north on South School Street.
Bloomfield's first organized school was established in 1842 with classes held in a small log structure, which had served as a Methodist Episcopal church since 1837. In 1853 a group of citizens organized the Bloomfield Education Society and purchased . . . — — Map (db m208221) HM
