Ironically enough, the ex-Confederate ascendancy spelled ... and by 1880 former secessionists dominated Missouri's congressional delegation and state legislature. The "cause" for which Jesse ...
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...
Although organized Confederate forces were driven from the state by early 1862 ... they spread fear throughout Missouri. Anderson's group, only 80 men, was among the most notorious, known for ...