Anderson attacked the depot there in September 1864 just a week before the Centralia fight.His men killing several horses near the depot at a tobbaco barn. He

then pulled his troops away after being attacked by the 17th Ill. Cav. Then the next day ambushed them at the bridge near Sweet Springs church. There Archie

Clement scalped two Federals and left a note upon there corpses.Then later in the week they road into Centralia.The rest is history. Your in the general area

with the marker for the SCV.