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St. Charles Battle Monument

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that took place just downriver from the city. It is a square granite monument, topped by an inverted cannon barrel. It is 18 feet (5.5 m) high and 9.5 feet (2.9 m) square. Its inscriptions commemorate the 148 Union soldiers who died in the explosion of the
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who died in the explosion, and is one of the few memorials placed in a Confederate state by a northerner in commemoration of both Union and Confederate war dead.
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is located at the center of the intersection of Broadway and Arkansas Street in the center of
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property in Arkansas County, Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places
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Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas
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National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas County, Arkansas
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Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Arkansas
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Lower Delta Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs
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St. Charles Battle Monument is located in Arkansas
St. Charles Battle Monument is located in the United States
St. Charles, Arkansas
34°22′26″N 91°8′8″W / 34.37389°N 91.13556°W / 34.37389; -91.13556
MPS
Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
96000505
St. Charles, Arkansas
Battle of Saint Charles
American Civil War
USS Mound City
National Register of Historic Places
St. Charles Battle Site
National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas


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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"NRHP nomination for St. Charles Battle Monument"

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