Battle of Carthage State Historic Site
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The Battle of Carthage State Historic Site is located in Missouri
near Joplin
. The 7.4 acres (29,946.8 m²) site is located at one of the skirmish sites of the Battle of Carthage (1861)
which took place in 1861. The site was created in 1990.
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
near Joplin
Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...
. The 7.4 acres (29,946.8 m²) site is located at one of the skirmish sites of the Battle of Carthage (1861)
Battle of Carthage (1861)
-References:* Lee, Guy Carlton, and Francis Newtun Thorpe, editors. The History of North America. Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons, 1905.* Monhegan, Jay. Civil War on the Western Border: 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956.*...
which took place in 1861. The site was created in 1990.