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Gotta go. Day trip to a few #ACW (and other) sites, some I've visited before, others not.
Always a good omen beginning the day walking in Lincoln's footsteps. – bei Jonesboro Square
This region is known as Little Egypt. You might want to check out the names of towns around here.
A little less than two miles away, behind the line of trees, is the mighty Mississippi. On 24 Nov 1803 L&C had a campsite in that vicinity, coming north from the Ohio River.
A beautiful, beautiful day on the mighty Mississippi, just upstream from Thebes. – bei Mississippi River Overlook
L&C campsite, 22 Nov 1803. Downstream of Thebes. A bald eagle was gliding over the water as I emerged from the woods.
Fort D in Cape Girardeau. Never knew the Powell connection. That alone makes this stop valuable. – bei Fort D
The mighty Mississippi and Cape Girardeau bridge from the fort. Battlements. – bei Fort D
Never been to Belmont battlefield in Missouri before. This is it. 2 parking spaces, 3 signs, 2 of them about the Trail of Tears. Among the shabbiest of #ACW battlefields. This one disappeared under cropland long ago. – bei Columbus Belmont State Park
Down in the Belmont boondocks I lost my internet connectivity, resulting in an unwanted bifurcation of this thread. This is just a switch to get anyone who came to a dead-end here back on the proper tracks: https://twitter.com/BobRBogle/status/1307416889262567427
