Our vacation continues.
Saturday, we visited the Civil War battlefield at Wilson’s Creek, just outside Springfield, in southwest Missouri. Andy is a big civil war buff and we knew he would enjoy it.
It was a hot day, much like it might have been nearly a century and a half ago when this battle was fought in the hills of southwest Missouri. We were lucky to find a group of men demonstrating artillery fire with an old bronze and brass cannon. This is the part that impressed Andy the most. The smell of gunpowder and the smoke made our eyes water. We were warm in shorts and tee shirts. Imagine how these men in cotton, wool and leather must have felt.
The battle at Wilson’s Creek was the second battle of the Civil War. Even though I grew up less than one hundred miles from this historic field, I never new the significance of the history made here. Later today, we will return to the battlefield, visit the museum and have more stories and photos to share.
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