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Quantrill, William Clarke
James, Jesse Woodson
America’s most famous outlaw was a product of Missouri’s Civil War. He was born in rural Clay County, Missouri, in 1847, the son of a prominent Baptist preacher. At sixteen, he joined Quantrill’s guerilla band.
Conn, Luther
From Kentucky, Luther Conn joined the Confederate service 1861. He served as a captain in Morgan’s cavalry, was wounded at Murphreesboro and was captured during Morgan’s Ohio raid. Exchanged in 1865, he returned to service in Virginia.
Conn served with the troops escorting Jefferson Davis on his exodus south following the fall of Richmond.
Settling in St. Louis after the War, Conn became a real estate developer. Upon U.S. Grant death,…... Read more >
Campbell, Given
A lawyer educated at the University of Virginia, Given Campbell established a practice in St. Louis before the War. He enrolled in the Missouri Militia in 1861, and was among those captured at Camp Jackson on May 10, 1861.
