by admin | May 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
It was after the battle of Westport when a tired and battle-weary unit from Warrensburg was returning home. They heard shooting ahead and found a skirmish under way between other Union soldiers barricaded behind a stone wall and some Confederates. When the second unit...
by admin | Apr 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
The old fort is a public park. During their leisure hours, soldiers stationed there used to go bowling – using 32-pound cannonballs! During the winter they dug caves in the river bluffs, finding them more comfortable than the drafty rooms at the fort. The fort...
by admin | Apr 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
It is 1861. The Confederate forces of Sterling Price and Calib Jackson are fleeing federal forces after the Battle of Booneville. The Union Army seeks to keep them from reaching Arkansas and an eventual linkup with a sizeable southern army. The confrontation comes at...
by admin | Apr 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
In the late 1830s the United States government established an arsenal in Liberty and the citizens’ minds rested easier. Before then they had lived in fear of Indian raids. Now, the militia which guarded the arsenal kept the Indians away. But then came the Civil...
by admin | Apr 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Two former residents of Missouri sat across the table from each other. The dignity of the man in gray showed through even in this sad moment. Across from him, clad in blue, was a mud-splattered man. Today they would sign the document ending the war. Then Robert E. Lee...
