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Fold3 provides access to millions of digitized military records, making it a valuable resource for genealogists, especially ...
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Historians discussed the Civil War and its impact on 19th ... demographics of Missouri at the start of the Civil War and how, despite Missouri not seceding… ...
Before the Civil War, almost nobody in Missouri supported the abolition of salvery. Even strong Unionists generally supported "the peculiar institution." But the bloody conflict created a new ...
Construction begins as city officials, MSD confront the costly challenge of repairing century-old sewers in a city facing ...
It seems like Almost Yesterday that the city of Ironton, Missouri installed a series of historical markers to identify Civil ...
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... changed hands 72 times during the war, and the state of Missouri sent 39 regiments to fight in the siege of Vicksburg: 17 to the Confederacy and ...
Housed in the restored Jefferson Barracks 1905 Post Exchange Building, the Missouri Civil War Museum is the oldest active military installation west of the Mississippi River. Within the 22,000 ...