The Benton Barracks Civil War Project

Map of Benton Barracks, circa 1861.

Benton Barracks Parade March Poster

Fairground Park, circa 1874

Formerly enslaved refugee people commonly referred to as “Contraband”

Members of the 65th United States Colored Infantry at “school”

First Sgt. Octavius McFarland, Company D, 62nd United States Colored Infantry

Richard Baxter Foster, First Lieutenant, 62nd United States Colored Infantry

Emily Elizabeth Parsons, Director of Nursing Staff, Benton Barracks Hospital

Private Logan Bennett, Company K, 65th United States Colored Infantry

Mary Meachum, President of the Colored Ladies Contraband Relief Society

Entrance to Fairground Park, circa 1908

The Great Fair at St. Louis, circa 1877

Fairground Park, circa 2020, photo by Paul Sableman, Fairground Park