BOONVILLE — In the sweltering hot spell of the afternoon sun, the rhythm of battle drums played in harmony with the tune "Yankee Doodle" as a squad of re-enacting soldiers fully clad in dark blue single-breasted wool Union uniforms marched toward the battlefield.
A behind-the-lines look at the Union camp
Saturday, June 18, 2011 | 8:23 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:52 p.m. CDT, Sunday, June 19, 2011
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