stetwood wrote:
dbbls wrote:
I have to chuckle because there are civil war sites much further west.
All the sites you have mentioned are in the east to me. There were civil war battles in New Mexico and Arizona. The battle of Picacho Peak in Arizona I think is the furthest west battle of the war. There was a battle at Glorieta Pass just east of Santa Fe, NM. There were many battles in Missouri because it was a border state and was wanted very badly by the Confederates and the Union was determined to old it. The skirmishes' alone the Missouri and Kansas border actually started in 1855. Missouri, supposedly a slave state, had individuals trying to influence the vote in Kansas to make it a slave state also. This started the Kansas/Missouri border war and made Quantrill famous.
Sorry for the diversion from your original question. Vicksburg Battlefield Kampground right near the Battlefield National Park. Exit 4 on I-20. While in Vicksburg be sure and visit the Corp of Engineers water experiment station. It is very interesting.
My first reaction was the same, o boy, I get hear about some of those Civil War sites in Missouri, Kansas and other states west of those states, but was disappointed when I read about those East of the Mississippi as being Western.
Same here. I was even thinking about Pea Ridge in NW Arkansas. Not as far west as NM or AZ, but an important battlefield that had a lot to do with the CSA from making a strong move into Missouri. A very well preserved battleground.
