Capture of Camp Jackson

The Strength of our Nation is the Union of States

To Commemorate The capture of Camp Jackson - May 10 1861 - By - The Missouri Volunteers:

First Regiment Infantry - Colonel Frank Blair,

Second Regiment Infantry - Colonel Henry Bernsyein,

Third Regiment Infantry - Colonel Franz Sigel,

Fourth Regiment Infantry - Colonel Nicholas Schuettner,

First Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Henry Almstedt,

Second Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Henry Kallman,

Third Reg US Reserve Corps - Col John Mcneil,

Fourth Reg US Reserve Corps - Col B Gratz Brown,

Fifth Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Charles G. Stifel,

Erected 1929 by the Camp Jackson Union Soldiers

Monument Association -

Rev Frank G Beardsley - Ph D D TD - President,

Albert Von Hoffman - Treasurer,

Theo H Mohr - Secretary,

Major Leo Rassieur - Honorary President,

Mrs Jessie Sherman - First Vice President,

Mrs Mary E Conpath - Second Vice President,

Mrs Nellie Becktold - Fourth Vice President,

John W. Lanley - Fifth Vice President,

Mrs M Neubauer - Asst Treasurer

Marker is at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Arsenal Street on Broadway Boulevard.

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