by admin | Nov 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
Franz Sigel was a German who chose the wrong side in the German Revolution. He was driven from his home country twice to Switzerland and finally even Switzerland attempted to ship him to America. Knowing the trouble Sigel had going where he was supposed to go, and...
by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Uncategorized
Missouri’s legislature by now was certainly on the run. At least one of the legislatures was. Although its members didn’t realize it, this day was the last day the Confederate legislature of Missouri met. Missouri on this day seceded from the Union. AOWM...
by admin | Oct 21, 2005 | Uncategorized
Several months earlier, Governor Jackson had fled from Jefferson City as General Lyon’s troops moved upstream on the Missouri River. Now it was fall. A federally supported interim government had taken over in Jefferson City with Hamilton Gamble as governor, but...
by admin | Oct 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
They had fought skirmishes with the Confederate troops as the southerners approached the city. Now it was night and the Union soldiers were fortifying themselves for the attack they were sure would come the next morning. The Confederates, making a bold move into...
by admin | Sep 16, 2005 | Uncategorized
Only two men in Missouri history served in two national Senates. One of the men was George Graham Vest. The other,Waldo Porter Johnson, is not as well known. Both served in the United States Senate and in the days of the Civil War both were in the Confederate Senate...
