Montevallo monument

Terry Ramsey, left, and Eldon Steward unveil the monument on the west lawn of the Montevallo Square.

Elliott's Scouts fire a seven-gun salute after the unveiling of a monument commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Montevallo.

Elliott's Scouts re-enactors of Kansas City skirmish in Montevallo with the Phelps Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans of Joplin.

Civil War re-enactors were a prominent part of the April 14 dedication ceremony.

From left are the flags of the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi, Quantrill's Raiders, Confederate and Missouri Battle Flags, Missouri State Guard, Second National Flag of the Confederacy, a U.S. Cavalry guidon and the U.S. flag of the 1860s.

The front, or street side, of the marker remembering the Civil War battle that led to the burning of Old Montevallo, which had a population of over 300 people.

This is the second side of the new Civil War monument in Montevallo, desribing battles fought in the summer of 1862 in southeast Vernon County.

Carol Bohl of Harrisonville, portraying "Lady Bushwhacker" Rebecca Gabbert, tells a Bushwhacker Museum audience about her Vernon County family's Civil War experiences.

Bushwhacker Museum board member Eldon Steward of El Dorado Springs addresses the crowd of about 120 people.

Dale Crandall of the Phelps Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans gives his interpretation as Steve Weldon waits.

Robert Capps of Lee's Summit tells about the Gabberts of Vernon County, of whom he is a descendant.