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1. A Forgotten Battle In a Region Ignored...Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern Arkansas--March 7-8, 1862: The A Forgotten Battle In a Region Ignored...Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern Arkansas--March 7-8, 1862: The Campaign, the Battle, and the Men Who Fought for the Fate of Missouri January 1988 Article describes a battle that the author feels has largely been ignored in Civil War literature. Although the battle of Pea Ridge took place in Arkansas, it was decisive in determining which way Missouri...
2. A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War 2009 This book "is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War." The author "argues that guerrilla warfare took a large toll on the Confederate...
3. Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid 1809-1959 (bulk 1850-1890) Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed...
4. Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State 1900 Photo and chapter of the book about Colonel Hiram Miller Bledsoe, or Hiram Bledsoe (1827-1899), a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and "the hero and ideal of Missourians."
5. Choosing Sides: American Indians Square off in Southwest Missouri Choosing Sides: American Indians Square off in Southwest Missouri August 2008 A look at Indian involvement in Civil War battles in Missouri which "holds the distinction of having been the stage for the only conflict of the war, the First Battle of Newtonia, in which American Indian...
6. Civil War Artifacts from the Battle of Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri Civil War Artifacts from the Battle of Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri October-December 2011 Artifacts found in the 1960s at the site of the 1864 Battle of Pilot Knob have been donated to the Fort Davidson Historic Site Museum. The article provides the background for the battle and the six-sided...
7. Civil War Battles Civil War Battles Composite of 11 small maps of Civil War battles, campaigns, and important locations. Campaign Against Sterling Price, 1864; Osage or Mine Creek, Kansas; Johnson's Island, Ohio Military Prison; Five Forks,...
8. Civil War in Missouri Civil War in Missouri 2004 This chapter discusses the subject of the Civil War as it was experienced in the state of Missouri. It includes information on: the Camp Jackson affair, preparation for war, Missouri State Militia, Wilson's...
9. Digging The Scorched Earth Digging The Scorched Earth March/April 2010 Archaeologist Ann Raab, a PhD student at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, has excavated two major sites in Bates County to verify the effects of General Order No. 11 on residents of Bates County,...
10. Douglas County, Kansas Territory, in the Era of Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1860 Douglas County, Kansas Territory, in the Era of Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1860 1854-1860 Map of Douglas County, Kansas, depicting the sites of deaths, skirmishes, rescues, and battle encampments in the years preceding the Civil War.
11. Flamboyant & Fabled Flamboyant & Fabled June 2008 Short article about Confederate Civil War General Joseph Orville Shelby.
12. Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Material about the national heritage area encompassing 41 counties along the Kansas-Missouri border. The area was established in anticipation of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War to promote education...
13. Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri 2004, 2007 The author states in the preface of Volume I: "I concentrate on all southern partisan leaders I could identify and many of the Rebel recruiters, and I detail their methods, tactics, and incentives to present...
14. History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri //1883 Consecutive biographical entries for brothers Captain John Bagby, a lawyer, and Dr. R. J. Bagby, a physician and druggist. Description of Captain Bagby's military career in the Mexican and Civil Wars and...
15. James H. Lane and the Origins of the Kansas Jayhawk James H. Lane and the Origins of the Kansas Jayhawk Summer 2011 Article concerns the history of the jayhawk as Kansas' mascot starting in the mid-nineteenth century during the Civil War and the Bleeding Kansas era. According to the author, without Lane, "the legendary...
16. John A. Martin, Soldier State Visionary John A. Martin, Soldier State Visionary Spring 2011 Article about John A. Martin, Kansas' tenth governor and founder of the Kansas Republican Party and Kansas State Historical Society. The essay focuses on the idea of Kansas as a soldier state, with many...
17. Memories of Boyhood: Senator Elkins Pays a Visit to His Old Home in Westport Memories of Boyhood: Senator Elkins Pays a Visit to His Old Home in Westport May 5, 1895 Article about the witnessing by a youthful Senator Stephen Elkins of General Ewing signing Order Number 11 "at the brick residence then owned by Duke Simpson" in Westport.
18. Missouri Civil War Battles Missouri Civil War Battles ca. 1965 Includes four maps of Missouri Civil War battles, including the 1864 campaign against Sterling Price, the Battleground of Newtonia, MO, Battleground of Westport, and Westport and Big Blue. Maps depict...
19. Missouri! One Last Time Missouri! One Last Time June 1991 Article provides a detailed account of of the 1864 attempt by forces under the command of General Sterling Price to retake Missouri for the Confederacy. It includes photographs of military leaders and...
20. Missouri's Fight Over Emancipation in 1863 Missouri's Fight Over Emancipation in 1863 April 1951 Article about the fight between the "gradual" and "immediate" emancipation of slavery in Missouri in 1863 after the change in sentiment on the subject since 1861 (when it was more pro-slavery). Included...