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The site is located on what was once the grounds of the Confederate Home of Missouri, which housed dependent Civil War veterans and their families. The last veteran of the war died there in 1950 at the age of 107. Today, the site is a memorial to the 40,000 Missourians who fought under the Flag of the Confederancy. The 192-acre site includes a historic chapel and cemetery, several small lakes for fishing, and picnic sites.
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Confederate Home, Higginsville, Missouri circa 1911
This wounded lion guards the cemetary.
Recently, the remains (actually two legs and an arm)of Captain William Quantrill were buried in the cemetery.His skull is in Dover Ohio. Captain Quantrill was a noted Civil War veteran in Missouri, however he was never a resident of the home, he died in 1865
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