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Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library

United States  Missouri  Greene and Christian counties  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: Wilson's Creek Contact Us form

Address:


 * Wilson's Creek National Battlefield John K. Hulston Research Library 6424 West Farm Road 182 Republic, Missouri 65738-9514

Telephone:  417-732-2662 Fax:  417-732-1167

Hours and holidays: Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-Noon and 1-4 p.m.

Google map: John K. Hulston Research Library, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

Internet sites and databases:


 * Wilson Creek National Battlefield Hulston Library
 * COOLcat catalog online. Combined catalog of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library, the Springfield-Greene County Library Center, the Library Station branch, and the Ozarks Genealogical Society Library, among others. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, magazine/newpaper title, or call number. Also available in WorldCat.
 * National Park Service
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
 * Republic Missouri - Wilson Creek

Collection Description
All of the library's 10,000 volumes are non-circulating, but are available for use on-site. The collection focuses on the American Civil War period, especially on the Trans-Mississippi Theater. The library has many regimental histories and adjutant general reports mostly for the Union side.

This library can help genealogists find ancestors who served in the American Civil War, and learn more about that war in Missouri. They have access to the 6.3 million name database online called the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. They also have microfilm copies of the Compiled Service Records for all Union and Confederate soldiers from Missouri, and those from other states who fought at Wilson's Creek.


 * This National Battlefield preserves the site of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Fought on August 10, 1861, it was the first major American Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi River.


 * The Confederate's failure to exploit their victory here resulted in keeping Missouri in the Union.
 * Major features include a 5-mile automobile tour loop, the restored 1852 Ray House, and "Bloody Hill," the scene of the major battle.
 * The site is located just southwest of the city of Springfield, in southwestern Missouri.

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