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Bill Eddleman

Local History

Bill Eddleman, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, is a native of Cape Girardeau County who has conducted genealogical research for over 25 years. He retired from Southeast Missouri State as Professor of Biology in 2016, and has been Associate Director of the Cape Girardeau Research Center, State Historical Society of Missouri, since July 2017.

Southeast Missouri men fought the Battle of the Sinkhole

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Oftentimes we hear that the Battle of New Orleans was the last battle of the War of 1812, fought on Jan. 8, 1815, after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. However, Southeast Missouri men fought a later battle on May 24, 1815: the Battle of the Sinkhole.

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