(May 2010) Enlarge Blackberries at Blakely

(May 2010) Enlarge Missouri Monument at Blakely

On the road going from the Blakely Historic Park entrance to the recreation areas and battlefield, the old city cemetery for Blakely is a stop on the Old Blakely Road. There are only a few grave markers in a large field, but there is a small cluster of stone crosses with no names or identification in the field.

Across the street, however, there is a clearing with a monument to Missouri troops who fought in the April 9, 1865 battle.

Missouri Battle Monument Inscription

BATTLE OF BLAKELY
APRIL 9, 1865

MISSOURI BRIGADE (CSA)
1st & 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment
2nd & 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment
3rd & 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment
1st & 3rd Missouri Cavalry Battalion (Dismounted)

3rd (St. Louis) Missouri Battery

US VOLUNTEERS
30th Missouri Infantry Regiment (4 cos) (1st Div XIII Corps) 21st Missouri Infantry Regiment (2nd Div XVI Corps)

Dedicated to those who served by those who remember

Presented by 3rd Missouri Infantry Regt CSA Reenactors KC MI MO 2010