Missouri was the site of some of the most vicious internecine fighting during the Civil War, and this book introduces the reader to the 50 key men and women who created (and quelled) that chaos; stemmed (or exacerbated) the tide of secessionism; kept the state in the Union, and bloodied (or calmed) its streets and reputation. Missouri became a focus of the issues involved in the Civil War long before it was fought. The 1820 Missouri Compromise...
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