Marshall, Missouri

The Saline County Courthouse in Marshall, Missouri. Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia.

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The town of Marshall, Missouri witnessed the high-water mark of Colonel Joseph O. Shelby's great cavalry raid into Missouri. Details of the various accounts of the battle vary widely, and casualties on both sides were light, but at the end of the day, Shelby was forced to retreat back to Arkansas.

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