NewsFebruary 15, 2013
Civil War battle site in Callaway Co. to be surveyed
FULTON, Mo. (AP) -- A federal grant will be used for an archaeological survey of a Civil War battle in central Missouri. The $28,500 National Park Service grant will pay for three days of fieldwork March 21-24 at the site of the July 1862 Battle of Moore's Mill in northeast Callaway County...
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FULTON, Mo. (AP) -- A federal grant will be used for an archaeological survey of a Civil War battle in central Missouri.
The $28,500 National Park Service grant will pay for three days of fieldwork March 21-24 at the site of the July 1862 Battle of Moore's Mill in northeast Callaway County.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/Z2cp4J ) Missouri's Civil War Heritage Foundation will use the grant to pay for the survey. Student surveyors from Lindenwood, Westminster College and Missouri Valley College will participate in the research.
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The survey results will be used to prepare a battlefield preservation plan and a National Register nomination.
Union soldiers won the four-hour Battle of Moore's Mill.
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Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com
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