Civil War armies included infantry, cavalry and supply trains. But artillery batteries were, pound for pound, a treasured ...

Legislation that could reach the governor’s desk this week would replace local control of the department with a state board.

Crossroads of a Nation: Missouri's Indelible Role in American History is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Legislators are expected to pass a bill this week that would take oversight of the police away from the city. That Civil ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) – The state of Missouri never seceded from the Union of States during the Civil War. Most Missouri soldiers fought for the Union Army, but tens of thousands of ...

Helen Viola Jackson, the last known widow of a Civil War soldier, has died. She was 101. Jackson's death was confirmed in a statement by the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival, which revealed that ...

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Before the Civil War, almost nobody in Missouri supported the abolition of salvery. Even strong Unionists generally supported "the peculiar institution." But the bloody conflict created a new ...

Housed in the restored Jefferson Barracks 1905 Post Exchange Building, the Missouri Civil War Museum is the oldest active military installation west of the Mississippi River. Within the 22,000 ...