Fort Benton, also known as Fort Hill, is a historic

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fortification located near

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. Its earthen walls measure approximately 100 feet by 100 feet. The fortification supported an encampment of Union troops stationed at Patterson to secure the area against local Confederate guerillas. It was also one of a string of fortifications designed protect Union Missouri from invasion from Confederate

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. (includes 10 photographs) Fort Benton was named after William Plummer Benton It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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