CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN S. MARMADUKE'S EXPEDITION INTO MISSOURI RESULTED IN A SKIRMISH AND THE BURNING OF THIS FEDERAL FORT AT SAND SPRINGS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN JAMES C. HERD. CONFEDERATE COLONEL JOSEPH O. SHELBY'S FORCE MOVED EAST WITH A BRIGADE ON THE ROLLA ROAD FROM SPRINGFIELD ON FRIDAY JANUARY 9, 1863, AND ENTERED THE TOWN ABOUT 7:00 P.M. THEY APPROPRIATED "EVERYTHING WHICH COULD BE FOUND" THEN CAMPED FOR THE NIGHT. HIS ESCORT AND LIEUTENANT F.M. SCOTT THEN "FIRED" (BURNED) THE FEDERAL FORT, SCATTERING THE SMALL UNION FORCE. COLONEL SHELBY THEN JOINED FORCES, NEAR MARSHFIELD, WITH COLONEL J.C. PORTER AND COLONEL EMMETT MACDONALD AND "PUSHED" ON TO HARTVILLE, MISSOURI.
PLACED IN 2009 BY THE MARY WHITNEY PHELPS TENT NO. 22, DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865
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