Battle of Carthage Civil War Museum

205 Grant Street
Carthage, MO, 64836
417-237-7060

overview : Civil War museum. View historic relics, mural, prints, souvenirs. - In 1861 Carthage was the scene of the second major engagement of the Civil War in Missouri. It was burned to the ground by Southern guerrillas, 1864. In this Battle of Carthage, July 5, 1861, some 4,000 armed and 2,000 unarmed State Guardsmen let by deposed Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson forced Union Col. Franz Sigel's 1,100 troops to fall back and cleared the way for joining with other State Guards and with Confederate troops, thereby gaining time to equip and train the pro-Southern troops of Missouri.

topics : civil, war