Missouri's Civil War began along the Nation's Western Border, in the 1850's, in the conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas." The most Northern state where slavery was permitted by law, it was inevitable that War in Missouri would be especially brutal. And so it was. Missouri witnessed the greatest number of battles and engagements - more than 1,000 - of any place except Virginia and Tennessee.

CIVIL WAR ON MISSOURI'S RAILROADS

[July 16, 2010]
 Civil War on Missouri’s Railroads
City of Pacific to Unveil First Marker on U.S. Grant Trail
 PACIFIC, MO. July 16, 2010 – On Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the City of Pacific, Missouri is hosting an event to highlight its role in Missouri’s Civil War.  Pacific is an important rail center that straddles Franklin County and St. Louis County, on Interstate 44 thirty miles …... Read more >

MISSOURI CELEBRATES U. S. GRANT

Missouri Celebrates U. S. Grant
Civil War General and President died 125 years ago this month.
 
This July 23 is the 125th anniversary of the death of General and President Ulysses S. Grant.  His adopted home state is making plans to commemorate his passing.  Grant lived in St. Louis before and after the Civil War, and his early Civil War career was concentrated in Missouri.
 
A driving trail to highli…... Read more >

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