St. Charles Battle Monument
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St. Charles Battle Monument is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. The nearest named place is St. Charles Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 0.3 miles off. 31 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The St. Charles Battle Monument is located at the center of the intersection of Broadway and Arkansas Street in the center of St. Charles, Arkansas. It commemorates the 1862 Battle of Saint Charles, a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War that took place just downriver from the city. It is a square granite monument, topped by an inverted cannon barrel. It is 18 feet (5.5 m) high and 9.5 feet (2.9 m) square. Its inscriptions commemorate the 148 Union soldiers who died in the explosion of the USS Mound City, caused by what is sometimes described as the single deadliest shot fired in the entire Civil War. Inscriptions on another side memorialize the smaller number of Confederate dead in the engagement. The monument was placed in 1919 through the efforts of a relative of William Hickman Harte, the master on board the Mound City who died in the explosion, and is one of the few memorials placed in a Confederate state by a northerner in commemoration of both Union and Confederate war dead. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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Wikidata Q22025535, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 24.7 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
31 named places within 25 miles
- Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge: 0.5 mi
- White River National Wildlife Refuge: 6.7 mi
- DeWitt City Park: 13.3 mi
- Holly Grove Downtown Park: 15.7 mi
- Lula Lula Coleman Tyler Park: 16.2 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Mays Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Preston Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Jackson Point: 17.2 mi
- St. Charles Museum: 0.0 mi
- Elaine Legacy Center: 16.6 mi
- Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie: 24.7 mi
- Welcome to Marvel: 17.8 mi
- Levon Helm Boyhood Home: 17.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:44 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Charles, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000505OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — St. Charles Battle Monument, reference 96000505, listed 05/03/96.
OpenStreetMap element node/122491484
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