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(March 2008) Enlarge Plantation Road about 50 yards north of Old Rodney Road

(March 2004) Enlarge Plantation Road just east of A.K. Shaifer House. View looking north

(March 2004) Enlarge Plantation Road just east of A.K. Shaifer House. The road intersects Rodney Road just beyond the bend in the background. View looking south

(March 2003) Intersection of Old Rodney Road and Plantation Road near the A. K. Shaifer House. The Plantation Road was used by Federals advancing toward the Bruinsburg Road

(March 15, 2013) Enlarge Magnolia Church stood on the high ground in the left background. Site Marker: A night attack by Iowa and Wisconsin soldiers of Gen. E. A. Carr's division on Gen. M. E. Green's Confederates at this point was repulsed. At daybreak May 1, the Federals readied a new thrust. Gen. J. A. McClernand sent Gen. P. J. Osterhaus up the plantation road to the north to engage Gen. E. D. Tracy's Alabama brigade covering the Bruinsburg road, while Carr's soldiers assailed Green's greyclads at Magnolia Church. Covered by the fire of the Union guns near the Shaifer house, Carr's infantry stormed forward. As they advanced to the right and left of this road, they had to beat their way through underbrush-choked hollows. A counterstroke by the 23d Alabama and 6th Mississippi checked the Federals. The arrival of Gen. A. P. Hovey's division from Bruinsburg enabled McClernand to prepare another blow. Spearheaded by the 34th Indiana, the Federals drove ahead. Outnumbered but not outfought, Green's Confederates were driven back, leaving 2 guns, 200 prisoners, and a stand of colors in the Yankees' hands. By 10:30 A. M., the Federals held Magnolia Church ridge

(March 15, 2013) Enlarge Magnolia Church site

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(March 2003) Brian, Micah and Don looking over the Magnolia Church site