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THE BATTLE OF WILSON’S CREEK OR THE BATTLE OF OAK HILLS photo by fine art photographer Robert Turney
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THE BATTLE OF WILSON’S CREEK
OR
THE BATTLE OF OAK HILLS

MISSOURI – AUGUST 10, 1861

On August 10th, General Robert E. Lee executed a flanking maneuver against the Union lines commanded by Brigadier General Nathaniel Lion, near Springfield, Missouri. As the Union soldiers retreated in disarray, they were decimated by the hungry and ferocious Wilson Creek crocodiles.

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