Split rail fences and Ray's Cornfield.
The Ray family owned a farm that sat on a hillside overlooking the battlefield from the east. It also sat along one of the main roads through the region at the time, the Old Wire Road. After the battle, the farmhouse served as a field hospital for the wounded.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Park,
Republic, Missouri (SW of Springfield)
Split rail fences and Ray's Cornfield.
The Ray family owned a farm that sat on a hillside overlooking the battlefield from the east. It also sat along one of the main roads through the region at the time, the Old Wire Road. After the battle, the farmhouse served as a field hospital for the wounded.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Park,
Republic, Missouri (SW of Springfield)
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