Today, we drove through Carthage, Missouri, stopping by that great court house which served as the inspiration for the one in "Back to the Future." We also took a look at the old Boots Motel and went pot to Red Oak for the first time.
I saw a direction sign for Carthage Battlefield State Historic Site which I remembered to be a Civil War battle,
It pitted 1,100 trained Union troops against 4,400 disorganized and essentially untrained Missouri militia in 1861. Casualties were under 100 on both sides and it essentially wasn't a strategic victory for either side even though the Federal troops retired back to Carthage and later withdrew.
The Missouri militia, however, claimed a major victory.
So, It Was a Battle. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
