Some Interesting Displays at the Missouri Civil War Museum
In which I describe the exhibits at the Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks, which I visited in April 2022, including displays about key figures and battles, guerrilla activities, uniforms, weapons, medicine, movie representations, and MUCH more.
Missouri: A State Divided Long Before the Civil War Began
In which I share an excerpt from my book, A State Divided, and explain some Missouri history leading up to the Civil War - including the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Law, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the “Bleeding Kansas” Border Wars, and the Dred Scott Decision.
Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis
In which I relate some history of Benton Barracks and Jefferson Barracks, both in St. Louis, Missouri; share my initial thoughts and sights upon arriving at the museum; and explain how this turned into a TWO book project - a historical fiction book titled Missouri Daughter and a nonfiction text titled A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andrew County, Missouri.