Make plans now to join the Boonville Civil War Commemorative Commission, Boonville Tourism Commission, and the Collins Battery B for the 150th anniversary commemoration of the First Battle of Boonville, June 17-19, 2011. Fought on June 17, 1861, this battle occurred before the First Battle of Bull Run in Virginia (July 21, 1861) and insured that the state of Missouri and the Missouri River would remain under Union control. The site of the reen…... Read more >

[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
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 >