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 ...

Before the Civil War, almost nobody in Missouri supported the abolition ... Jesse James began to see himself as a soldier on the Democrats' side of the struggle. But that political linkage ...

Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary takes readers on a journey to Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction ... Smith described the demographics of Missouri at the start of the Civil War and how, despite Missouri not seceding ...

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 ...