Battle of Carthage State Historic Site

A small but interesting Civil War Museum

This museum explains one of the first battles of the Civil War. It is small but has interesting exhibits about the battle to include a terrain board that the man who ran the museum used to explain th...

To supplement the museum in town.

This is a rather small area. Especially if you have visited some of the larger battlefields in the area. BUT there is a museum downtown near the beautiful courthouse. A short trail will take you over ...

Interesting

There is not much to see here, but the history of the place is interesting. The Battle of Carthage was the first battle west of the Mississippi, so it deserves some attention. The park is beautiful an...

Worth searching for

Interesting place to stop by, stretch your legs and learn some history. We had a hard time finding it but it was worth it.

Very Dissapointimg

Did we miss something??? Perhaps a plaque stating when this battle happened or its significance? All we saw was a small park.