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LocationBattlefield MO
Managed byNational Park Service
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Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and where the first Union general was killed in action. The costly Southern victory on August 10, 1861, focused national attention on the war in Missouri. Wilson's Creek National Battlefield commemorates and interprets the battle within the context of the war in the Trans-Mississippi West.

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