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Already a strange quiet has set setned settied settied ned tied over the post harking back to tothe tothe tothe the day days when it was carved out ofthe of ofthe oftba the wilderness wildernessA A few tiny log buildings housedmen housed housedmen housedmen men who went out to fight such suchI suchtroublesome suchtroublesome suchtroublesome troublesome warriors aa as BlackHawk Black BlackJHawk BlackJHawkNamed I \ Hawk HawkNamed Named in memory of Thomas Thomu Jet Jef Jetfenon Jefferson Jefferson fenon ferson who died a few days before beforethe beforethe beforth * the * property was bought In July Julylt2C 1826 1828 the barracks became one on * ofthe of ofthe otthe the major military post posts . of ot the th * na as astion naUon naUonThreaded I Itlon tlon tion tlonThreaded tionThreaded Threaded through its lt It . history are aresuch aresuch ar arsuch < such names as IU Jefferson Je1Terllon Davit Davis WIl WIllIam WilLiam Wil11am lIam Tecun-neh Tecun neh TecumfJeh Tecumseh - Sherman Phil Sheridan Sher Sherdan Sheridan dan idan ! Zachary Old Rough and andReady andReady Ready andlReady Taylor John C Fremont Fremontand Fremontand Fremontand andl and Grant and LeeThe LeeThe Lee LeeThe The young Lieutenant Grantmoved Grant Grantmoved Grantmoved I GrantI moved Into tl t1 11 e a post on September September30 30 1B43 1813 1843 Soon after atter the shadow of ofwar ofwar ofwar war with Mexico hung over the th * na nation naHon naUon naUonRan HonRan tion Hon tionRan Ran Uarse-Car Uarse Car Uorse-Car Uorse Horse-Car Horse - - - LineGrant Line LineGrant Lin * Grant moved out with his regl regi reglment regiment reglment ment but returned when the th * cloudscleared clouds cloudscleared cloudscleared cloudsclearedHe cleared clearedHe He retired from th the * army andbought and andbought andbought Ine clearedIne bought a farm on nearby lIearby Gravois Gravols Gravoisroad Gravolsroad Gravolsroad road There he married Julia Dent DentI Dentand Dentand Dentand and it was from thia this farm he h * hauledcord hauledcordwood hauled hauledi I cord cordwood wood to the m mditary itary post . . i Later he h * re entered the army tobecome to toI tobecome tobecome I I ILater I become the leader of the th * UnJon Union Unionarmy UnJonarmy Unionarmy 1/ 1 / army In the Civil warSherman warSherman war warSherman Sherman < ( of war Is hU hen hell * ' fame famealso ) also was a resident of 01 the th * barraclu barracks barracksdistrict barracludistrict barracksdistrict district He operated a horae-car horae car horse-car horse horsecarline horaecar1in hone-carUn hone carUn - - 1in line e * in StLouis StLouisWhen St LouisWhen Louis LouisWhen When h he * learned crate crates * marked markedmarbl markedmarble markedmarble marbl marble * going down th the * Mississippi W.I WI Missis Mississippi . . slppi sippi contained guna guns and lUIUpunl amgnml lUIUpunltion amgnmlUon amrnuniUon tion Uon he re entered the armyThe armyThe army armyThe The aftermath of the th * Civil war warIs warIs warIs Is portrayed In the th * row of white whitecrone whitecrosses whitcrossea * crone crosses . that stand guard over the theUnion theUnion tbUnion * Union and Confederat Confederate * dead In the thecemetery thecemetery tbcemetery * cemetery at Jeffcraora Je1Teraol1 Jefferson BarrackaThe BarracksThe Barracka Barracks BarrackaThe The weeds will te b ) e * growing at the thebarracks thebarracks thebarracks barracks soon covering many bltoxic hi bl aJsI . ; : , toric tortc toxic spots spot * and marker markers * Buttory But bla h r rtory ' tory wUl will remember J B ' . _ , - - |