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In 1863, Reeves combined his Independent Scouts with another militia group to form the 15th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, CSA. In 1864, Union troops entered Doniphan and burned most of the town, including the wooden courthouse. As of 1900, Doniphan was a sundown town that prohibited African Americans from living there. [14]
Location of Ripley County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ripley County, Missouri. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ripley County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...
Ripley County is a county in the Ozarks of Missouri.At the 2020 census, it had a population of 10,679. [1] The largest city and county seat is Doniphan. [2] The county was officially organized on January 5, 1833, and is named after Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a soldier who served with distinction in the War of 1812.
The 47th Missouri Infantry Regiment was recruited in Missouri and organized in August and September 1864. It was attached to the District of St. Louis until December 1864. On September 19, 1864, a detachment of the regiment along with soldiers from the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiment (Union) under the command of First Lieutenant Erich Pape, captured the town of Doniphan, Missouri ...
Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808 – August 8, 1887 [2]) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at the close of the 1838 Mormon War in that state.
Ripley County Jail, Sheriff's Office and Sheriff's Residence, also known as the Hancock Building, is a historic jail and sheriff's residence located at Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri. It was built in 1899, and consists of a two-story front section containing the residence, with a one-story rear section containing the sheriff's office and the ...
Doniphan Township is an inactive township in Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] Doniphan Township was erected in 1871, taking its name from the community of Doniphan, Missouri .
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