Today we open with the Civil War, and one of the opening battles - this one being nearly a local one to the Castle - Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, Missouri. Wilson's Creek was a saga of opportunities lost or squandered by both sides, and in microcosm displayed the fissures that would eventually doom the southern cause in Missouri and Arkansas - the squabbles amongst the generals. The Federals lost an able general when Lyons was killed, and saddled with a mediocre one in Franz Sigel - who's greatest contribution overall to the war effort was his ability to get the German immigrants in Missouri and elsewhere to enlist in the Union army. Wilson's Creek also marks the rising of the star of John Schofield, who would reach great heights and make a mark in American history.
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Aug 10 2014, 10:17 AM
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