The contested state of Missouri was the site of the United States’ longest civil conflict, stretching from 1854 well into the mid-1870’s. While the state’s experience with violence began with pro-slavery militancy in Kansas, Missouri’s long “Inside War” (its infamous guerrilla conflict) ...
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Civil War Minutes: Confederate: Directed by Mark Bussler. With Charles King, Michael Kraus. The Best of Civil War Minutes - Confederate features the rarely told stories and artifacts of both the famous and average Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.
Durell; the photo of Pierce Manning Butler Young in the Confederate uniform; Stephens’ statue at U.S. Capitol Posted in 150 Years Ago, Aftermath, Reconstruction | Tagged Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Cornerstone Speech, Edward Henry Durell, Grant Administration, Henry Laurens Dawes, John B. Gordon...
By the time the war started, Missouri’s pro-rebel guerrillas were known as “Bushwackers,” while their pro-Federal counterparts in Kansas were known as “Jayhawkers” or “Redlegs” from their preference for red pants as a type of uniform. The Jayhawkers typically had access to Union arms...
After the war, Cushman tried acting again and gave monologues on the war, sometimes while wearing a uniform. As the public’s interest in Cushman faded, she supported herself as a seamstress but became addicted to morphine after an illness. She died of an overdose at the age of 60 and wa...
In 1902, General Longstreet visited West Point and saw former Confederate General Joe Wheeler, dressed in his blue Spanish-American War uniform. Longstreet said, "Joe, I hope that Almighty God takes me before he does you, for I want to be within the gates of hell to hear Jubal Early cuss...
“We Return from the slavery of Uniform, which the world’s Madness Demanded us to don, to the freedom of civil garb. We stand again to look America squarely in the face and call a spade a spade. We sing: This country of ours, despite all its better souls have done and dreamed, is...
names of the officials in the photos. In the far right photo it's pretty obvious that the two men in uniform are (second from right and right respectively) the Fire Chief and Police Chief. I have no idea who the other 2 men are. I assume that one must be the Civil Defense director...
he fine example with high pommel and cantle is beautifully stamped in a crisp pattern of alternating diamonds overall, the warm mahogany brown color has a rich uniform patina throughout, the signature is older written out block letter maker’s mark of C. P. SHIPLEY MAKER KANSAS CITY MO NO....