Blackwell NewsLocal news for Blackwell, MO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Monument marks Jefferson County's only Civil War battle- October 13, 2007 "I think Thompson realized that these Yankee bridge guards were full of fight" A lesser known battle of the Civil War - actually a small skirmish by that war's standards - was fought in southern Jefferson County and has largely been ignored by most historians. via St. Louis Post-Dispatchhttp://www.topix.net/city/blackwell-mo/2007/10/monument-marks-jefferson-countys-only-civil... |