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BON TERRE: Confederates captured this underground mine and tore up Union railroads running north and south of the mining town.
FREDERICKTOWN: Where the screaming eagle "Old Abe" saw battle in October 1861.
SHUT-IN GAP: A very narrow pass created by Stout's Creek through which Confederates passed undetected to take on General Thomas Ewing, Jr. and his 1500 Union soldiers at Pilot Knob.
PILOT KNOB: Battle of Pilot Knob. Ewing escaped at night and began a long, hard march to safety. He also blew up the powder magazine at Fort Davidson at Pilot Knob. The earthworks at the fort are in great condition.
CALEDONIA:: A makeshift Civil War hospital which treated wounded from both sides during the Battle of Fort Davidson.
POTOSI: Location of several bloody skirmishes. Ewing avoided this when he learned the Confederates were waiting for him there. Ewing led his troops to Leasburg and then to DeSoto and St. Louis.
--Old Secesh
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