Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 2 Battle of Boonville — June 17, 1861: Lyon’s Union victory secured the Missouri River and scattered pro-Southern forces. If Camp Jackson lit the fuse in St. Louis, Boonville was the first time Missouri’s Civil War sprinted into the open. On June 17, 1861, the fight for the Missouri…

Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 1 Camp Jackson Affair — May 10, 1861: Union forces seized a pro-Southern militia camp in St. Louis, sparking riot and bloodshed. On May 10, 1861, St. Louis didn’t just witness the Civil War — it felt it. The Camp Jackson Affair was the moment Missouri’s political crisis turned…

Series 5: Aftermath & Memory (1865–1900) — Article 6 Missouri’s Enduring Divide lives in politics, culture, and local memory—how the Civil War’s loyalties still shape identity, blame, and belonging today. Enduring Divide And Why The War Never Fully Left Missouri People say the Civil War ended in 1865. Missouri lived like it ended—and like it…