Ranger Sarah finds an old foundation along the trail. As Sigel’s troops crossed Dry Fork Creek, another skirmish broke out, inflicting the heaviest casualties of the entire battle.
— at Battle of Carthage State Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah follows the trail. The battle opened with an artillery duel, for about an hour. Jackson then decided to surround Sigel’s troops. Seeing this, Sigel abandoned his plans to attack and ordered a retreat.
— at Battle of Carthage State Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah looks at a small lake made by Carter Spring. One July 5th 1861 between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., the two armies encountered one another near Dry Fork Creek, about 9 miles northwest of Carthage.
— at Battle of Carthage State Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah hikes along the bluff. On July 4, 1861, the night before the battle, Sigel’s troops camped at here at Carter Spring, now part of the historic site, while Jackson’s troops camped about 18 miles farther north.
— at Battle of Carthage State Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah hikes along one of the small steams in the Piney Creek Wilderness Area in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest.

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Ranger Sarah checks out one of the small streams in the Piney Creek Wilderness Area.
— at U.S. Forest Service - Mark Twain National Forest.

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