ST. LOUIS -- A vast, virtually unexamined National Archives collection on Missouri's Civil War history is now accessible to Civil War buffs, genealogists and other researchers, thanks to an online ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ozark Regional Library in Fredericktown hosted Chris and Twyla Warren and their 10-year-old daughter Abbie on Saturday as ...

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 ...

While Missouri residents take part in Civil War reenactments, Missouri Civil War Museum organizers plan to show the history of the real soldiers. Larry McDaniel pointed to a small piece of folded ...

History buffs and military memorabilia collectors will have a chance to acquire new items for their collection, browse historical artifacts, fire a Civil War era cannon, and listen to a ...