Historical Marker
A National Cemetery System
Historical marker location:
Springfield, Missouri
( Marker is on E. Seminole Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Springfield National Cemetery.
The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.