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Erected in memory of 10 Confederate Soldiers executed by Union Troops. Capt. Thomas A. Sidenor, Willis T. Baker, Thomas Humston, Morgan Bixler, John Y. McPheeters, Hiram T. Smith, Herbert Hudson, John H. Wade, Francis M. Lear, Eleazer Lake The site of the Palmyra Massacre was the old fairgrounds of Palmrya MO. in Marion County (named for Revolutionary War General, Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox.") On October 18, 1862, 10 Confederate prisoners being held for minor offenses were executed by order of Union Colonel John McNeil when Confederate Colonel John C. Porter could not return a captured pro-Union civilian. This brutal act, termed the "Palmyra Massacre," was called the "Darkest Crime of the Civil War" by Presidents Lincoln and Davis. The 10 condemned Confederates, all local boys, left the Marion County Jail at 210 W. Lafayette, seated on their coffins in three wagons, paraded south on Main Street then east to the grounds. They unloaded their coffins and without blindfolds faced 30 muskets of the Second Missouri State Militia. The executioners' initial 30 shots killed only three outright, with one prisoner not hit at all. A second squad had to be called to finish the bloody murders with their pistols. No other fairs were held on this site. (bio by: Bill Walker)
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Marion County Courthouse (on the square)
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Palmyra
Marion County
Missouri, USA
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Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Aug 27, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 11900 |
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I am a direct descendent of Captain John Sidenor, the civil war split our family, most fought for the north, some for the south. It was a terrible war, but this massacre was one of the worst war crimes committed by our own people to our own people. It s...(Read more)
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In memory Capt.Thomas Sidenor.
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