Pilot Knob, Missouri

Fort Davidson was a hexagonal earthwork with approximately 150-foot-long sides. The walls were constructed of packed earth lined with planks on the interior and a dry moat that encircled the fort.

The Battle of Pilot Knob on September 27, 1864, was a fierce Civil War engagement where roughly 1,450 Union defenders under Brigadier General Thomas Ewing Jr. successfully repulsed massive infantry assaults by 8,000 Confederate troops led by Major General Sterling Price before executing a covert night escape.

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