Dozens of people sat on the edges of their seats Saturday at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City as speakers detailed Civil War efforts in Missouri in late 1864. Among the speakers at a ...

Missouri had long teetered between being a slave or free state. And in 1864, after three years of bloodshed, former Missouri Gov. Sterling Price, while serving as a Confederate general, presented his ...

"In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire." This quote from a speech given by Oliver Wendall Holmes demonstrates the profound effects the Civil War had on our ancestors. Up to 80% of those who ...

Christian County native P.J. Logan's uncle used to take her son around Ozark to visit various Civil War history points of interest. Logan remembers one of these local sites was a farm, just north of ...

For history buffs and Civil War enthusiasts, the Battle of Carthage Museum offers a place to learn more about one of the first full-scale land battles of the war. Located on the main square in ...

At the crossroads of progress and justice, Missouri shaped the path of a divided nation. Crossroads of a Nation, Part II: Rifts, Roads and Civil Rights explores Missouri's journey from Civil War ...

Tracing the indelible mark Missouri has had on American history. Detailing the history of Missouri as a crossroads of a nation, part one of this three-part documentary series traces the state’s role ...

Federal agencies deposited millions of Civil War records in National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) over the years. The originals for most of the records I am discussing are among those.