To the West, Missouri remains a hotly contested state. While the state remains within the Union, many Missourians serve in the Confederate army. In some instances Missouri families are divided in sentiments, and brother fights against brother. Such is the case with Alexander and James Moore of Farmington. Today Alexander, age nineteen, enlists with the…
As the North tries to absorb the shock of the Union rout at the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Congress act decisively and quickly. Using the defeat as a wake up call to recruit more volunteers for a war northern politicians fear will drag on without an adequate…
On farms and plantations North and South, early morning chores are underway when Union artillery fire at 5:15 a.m. breaks the silence of dawn at Manassas Junction, Virginia on this Sabbath day. The Battle of Manassas (so-named in the South) or Bull Run (in the North) has begun. U.S. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell’s Union forces…