Mountain Grove, Mo

Civil War Monument on Mtn Grove Square

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There were two survivors of the Civil War living when they put up the monument. Both of them lived to be 100 years old and I think both are buried in the old City Cemetery. There was a birthday celebration for "Dad" Steger and Harry Truman came to Mountain Grove to speak. The Union Soldier's name was Clouse and I used to have a copy of his obituary. Someone told me that when they were getting ready to put up the monument, there was some heated argument between the two old veterans about which way it would face, north or south. Finally Clouse said "Hell, let it face south. Everytime I saw a Rebel SOB, that was the direction he was running."
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