Battle of Pilot Knob
Updated at March 18, 2007 13:25
“The Thermopylae of the West,” so named in a definitive study published in 1914, was fought on September 26-27, 1864. The battle ended with a ferocious and unsuccessful Confederate assault on Fort Davidson. (See Fort Davidson SHS)
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/mo021.htm
http://www.mostateparks.com/ftdavidson.htm
