Guerilla violence along the Missouri-Kansas border was so vicious that Union General Thomas Ewing issued Order number 11. Union soldiers drove away families and burned out both Yank and Reb farms in a great swath across four Missouri counties. |
On-Line Resources about the Civil War
For obsessive Civil War buffs as well as people who want to further explore the Civil War in St. Louis
Civil War Heritage Foundation |
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Missouri Civil War Museum |
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https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mdh_splash/default?coll=stloucwproject |
Missouri History Museum |
Benton Barracks |
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Post-Dispatch Feature |
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Alton, Illinois | |
Alton Museum |
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Mercantile Library at UMSL | |
St. Louis Public Library |
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Old Courthouse |
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General Grant |
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Grant’s Cabin |
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Civil War Roundtable |
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https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mdh_splash/default.asp?coll=cwflag |
Flags |
St. Louis Attractions |
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In outstate Missouri and across the country |
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Missouri Tourism | |
In Bloomfield, Missouri, birthplace of the Stars and Stripes newspaper |
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Missouri Digital History | |
Sites west of St. Louis in "Little Dixie." |
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History Channel |
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National Archives |
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Bookseller Site |
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Born in St. Louis, 11 year old Fred Grant often accompanied General Grant in the field. He was one of many very young boys who went to war. Fred served as aide to his father. Hundreds enlisted as musicians. Until bugles were popularized when Union Army General Daniel Butterfield wrote Taps in 1862, drum beat patterns provided signals for action. Drummer boys served an important function in the Civil War. |