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Samuel R. Curtis' Headquarters Site)
Foundation remains of the Lewis Pratt General Store
William J. Bechmann III photo
Interpretive Marker: Telegraph Road
Tour Guide:
The Union commander located his headquarters in this vicinity
just before the battle. His troops were entrenched along the bluffs
overlooking Little Sugar Creek about two miles south of here. Curtis believed
that any Confederate attack would come from the south against his fortified
line. Events proved him wrong, however, and he nearly lost his army |
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(July 2011)
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Detail Tour Stop 2
(General
Samuel R. Curtis' Headquarters Site)
Interpretive Marker: City of Soldiers
William J. Bechmann III photo |
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(July 2011)
Enlarge Tour Stop 3 (Leetown)
Tour Guide:
The small hamlet of Leetown once stood a short
distance southwest of the parking lot. All visible evidence of the village
is now gone. During the battles, the wounded of
both sides were taken to Leetown, where buildings and tents served as hospitals
William J. Bechmann III photo |
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(July 2011)
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Detail Tour Stop 3 (Leetown)
Interpretive Marker: A Village Full of Wounded Men
William J. Bechmann III photo |
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(March 1999) Tour Stop 3 (Leetown)
Marker: Leetown Hamlet Site |
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(July 2011)
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Detail Tour Stop 4 (Leetown Battlefield)
Oberson's Field. Confederate General's Ben McCulloch &
James McIntosh were killed on this field
William J. Bechmann III photo
Interpretive Marker: Leetown, Morning, March 7,
1862
Interpretive Marker: Leetown, Afternoon, March 7,
1862
Panorama of Leetown Battlefield
Tour Guide:
The thunder of cannon, the crash of musketry, and the mingled
shouts and curses of struggling soldiers filled the air in these fields and
woods in 1862. The Confederate attack through the woods north of this field
and across the tour road to your right front failed to defeat the Federals
deployed along the south fence line. Two Confederate generals, Ben McCulloch
and James McIntosh, were killed near the north boundaries of this field
(approximate center of tree-line) |
