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DESCRIPTION:
SITE OF MIDDLE BOGGY BATTLE IN 1864. NOTEWORTHY FOR MARKING THE FARTHEST DRIVE TOWARDS TEXAS OF THE UNION FORCES IN THE CIVIL WAR. UNION FORCES INCLUDED KANSAS CAVALRY; CONFEDERATES INCLUDED TEXANS, SEMINOLES, CHOCTAWS, AND CHICKASAWS. UNION FORCES RETIRED TO FORT GIBSON, NEVER TO PROBE IN FORCE TOWARD TEXAS AGAIN. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 4/19/1972.
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