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History of Arrow Rock, (Saline County) Missouri

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Local History Notes:

Civil War Skirmishes at Arrow Rock MO

Arrow Rock, MO., Aug. 7, 1864. 1st Missouri State Militia Cavalry. A detachment of this regiment Under Lieut.-Col. Lazear, After scouting about Miami and Marshall, Went to Arrow Rock. It was twice engaged by guerrillas, first with a party of 15, then with a party of 20. One of the parties fired quite A Number of rounds before scattering, the other fired but twice. Just before the arrival of the cavalry, guerrillas had killed a negro at Arrow Rock. The Day before 10 guerrillas had burned the Courthouse at Marshall and shot 9 negroes in and near that town. Twenty guerrillas encamped on the farm of Marshall Piper on the night of the 7th. Piper gave the Federal authorities no notice of their presence and being a notorious Confederate sympathizer under bond, he was shot by soldiers, probably of Lazear's command.

SOURCE: The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 -- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.

Missouri Facts:
Tree: dogwood
Bird: bluebird
Flower: hawthorn
Nickname: Show Me State
Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law)
Area (sq. mi.): 69,686
Capitol: Jefferson City
Admitted: 10 Aug 1821

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