Some historians say Missouri’s Civil War didn’t really end until 1882, when Jesse James, ultimately the state’s most famous Confederate guerrilla, was gunned down at his home in St. Joseph.

History buffs are visiting famous Civil War battle sites such as Gettysburg and Bull Run this year, to mark the 150th anniversary of the war's beginning. Missouri would like some of that attention ...

Historian: Missouri a vital resource in Civil War July 18, 2020 at 4:55 a.m. | Updated July 18, 2020 at 5:06 a.m.

A battlefield archaeologist and volunteers fanned out in central Missouri last week in hopes of pinpointing the exact spot of a Civil War battle that ended one of the war's ...

The founding of the state and the nation’s Civil War have close historical ties. Even if they’ve never set foot in Missouri, history students all over the […] SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- Race and ...

ST. LOUIS -- A vast, virtually unexamined National Archives collection on Missouri's Civil War history is now accessible to Civil War buffs, genealogists and other researchers, thanks to an online ...

Missouri was a border state during the American Civil War, and Missourians fought on both sides of the war. Battles raged across every corner of the state. In Southeast Missouri, close to the ...

Some historians say Missouri’s Civil War didn’t really end until 1882, when Jesse James, ultimately the state’s most famous Confederate guerrilla, was gunned down at his home in St. Joseph.