Missouri's Civil War began along the Nation's Western Border, in the 1850's, in the conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas.".The most Northern state where slavery was permitted by law, it was inevitable that War in Missouri would be especially brutal. And so it was.

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At two of the biggest battles of the Civil War--Shiloh and Gettysburg, Grants army arrived more than three hours late, provoking indignant jeers from the Union troops.

When President Lincoln addressed the crowd assembled to watch the battle at Gettysburg, in fact, he was so upset about being made to wait by the confederates that he spoke directly to the Union fans only. When John Brown raided Harpers Ferry in 1859, he set in motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.

This folder, organized yearly through maps and chronologies, shows the course of the war from Fort Sumter in 1861 to Appomattox Court House and beyond in 1865.

While the Civil War is a remarkable piece of history to study, it brings us all close to the pain and heartache of what war is truly about. Many lives were lost in the war.