When slavery and a free press collided, violence often ensued
In much of America in the mid-1860s, newspapering was booming. But where slavery rubbed up against a free press, violence was often sparked.
Groups race against clock to preserve historic, hallowed tracts
Groups strive to keep suburban sprawl from engulfing the sites where history was made in the Civil War.
Civil War 150 trivia battle
The Star’s Civil War 150 trivia battle is over, and a Missourian holds the field and two tickets to the Nov. 26 Border War football game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Missouri Tigers …
Letters: ‘You know not the trouble that I have seen’
Lt. James L. Combs of the 7th Missouri State Militia cavalry had survived the fierce little fight at Lone Jack, but his luck ran out two years later during the Battle of Westport.
Essay: The Civil War at 150: The past in the present?
Why can’t we just get over the Civil War in America? Why does it still have such a hold on our imagination, on our political habits and rhetoric, on the stories through which we …
Five buried in the ‘Six-Man Cemetery’ were his kin
Five ancestors of Bob Potter of Independence were killed in a mass shooting at Lone Jack in September 1863.
Treasures of the Civil War
Little treasure troves of Civil War artifacts and stories are all around us in county museums and other collections. The Star visited several and asked the curators or directors to single out just one …
Rare photo emerges of key player in Quantrill saga
Morgan Walker’s possessions were coveted by Kansans. But Quantrill, who set up the raid, then warned the Missourian.
Upcoming Civil War events
Events listed for the period from Aug. 30 to Nov. 10.
August
The Civil War’s lessons will have relevance for generations to come, but are we doing enough to keep them alive?
Letters: A Missouri soldier writes days before his death
Pvt. Daniel J. Routt of Company C of the 7th Missouri State Militia sent a letter with a lock of his hair to his wife, Chinece, back home with two children under 3. He …
How the Civil War still echoes in our culture
America’s great struggle 150 years ago changed our culture and customs, from the churches we attend to the cash we put in the plate. Some ways in which the conflict has stayed with us.