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Battle of Pilot Knob - Fight For Ironton MO271 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
The Fight for Ironton
Afternoon, Sept. 26:
1. Shortly after noon, Gen. Sterling Price's advance attacks the Federal pickets encamped at the Ironton courthouse.
2. Federal reinforcements rush from Pilot Knob. They counterattack and drive the raiders three miles to Shut-In Gap.
3. Confederate columns continue arriving. The outnumbered Federals fight a delaying action but are pushed back to Arcadia by nightfall.
4. Under cover of a rainstorm, the Federals retire to Ironton. The valley below fills with enemy camp fires. Ewing is now convinced that he faces Price's entire army. He has only 1,500 men, but decides to hold out so that St. Louis can prepare.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks.
MO-V, Fort Davidson State Historic Site, Pilot Knob, Iron County Missouri
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