# Battery Rock

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{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Battery Rock
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = Battery Rock cleft.jpg
  | caption = Battery Rock from its base
  | location = West Bank, River Mile 860, [Ohio River](/source/Ohio_River)
  | nearest_city= [Cave-in-Rock, Illinois](/source/Cave-in-Rock%2C_Illinois)
  | coordinates = {{coord|37|31|48|N|88|4|49|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Illinois#USA
  | added = November 5, 1998
  | area = {{convert|33.5|acre}}
  | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500199|title=Caught in the Middle: The Civil War on the Lower Ohio River MPS}}
  | refnum = 98001257<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
'''Battery Rock''' is a [limestone](/source/limestone) bluff located at Mile 860 of the [Ohio River](/source/Ohio_River) in [Hardin County](/source/Hardin_County%2C_Illinois), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), across from [Caseyville](/source/Caseyville%2C_Kentucky), [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky). The bluff is a prominent navigational landmark along the river.<ref name="NRHP nom">{{cite web|last=Jacobsen|first=James E.|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Battery Rock|url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/205545.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230825/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/205545.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2014|publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|access-date=January 19, 2014|date=June 14, 1998}}</ref>

The site played a role in several conflicts during the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). In 1862, the Union Army based its troops at Battery Rock during a standoff with Confederate troops at Caseyville; the standoff ended when the Union troops moved to Caseyville, found that the Confederates had left the town, and punished the rebellious residents. The bluff also played a role in Confederate general [Stovepipe Johnson](/source/Stovepipe_Johnson)'s attack on riverboats in 1864. During the attack, boats used the landing at Battery Rock as a safe harbor and a place to monitor the situation. In addition, two Union recruiters from Kentucky used the bluff as a recruiting station in 1864, and either a Union garrison or a local defense force placed two cannons at the site; graffiti left by an Indiana regiment has also been found at the site.<ref name="NRHP nom"/>

The bluff was used as a filming location for the film ''[How the West Was Won](/source/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film))'' in the 1960s.<ref name="NRHP nom"/>

Battery Rock was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on November 5, 1998.<ref name="nris"/>

==See also==
*[Thompson Brothers Rock Art](/source/Thompson_Brothers_Rock_Art), a Civil War site in Union County

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:Ohio River
Category:American Civil War sites
Category:Illinois in the American Civil War
Category:Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places
Category:Landforms of Hardin County, Illinois
Category:Cliffs of Illinois
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hardin County, Illinois
Category:Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Category:American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places

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