A Tour Guide to Missouri’s Civil War

Series: Civil War
Presented By
Gregory Wolk

Author Gregory Wolk discusses his new book, A Tour Guide to Missouri’s Civil War, the first comprehensive sesquicentennial driver’s guide to Civil War battlefield sites in Missouri.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Wolk’s book highlights more than 230 sites and scores of little-known historical facts. Missouri witnessed more Civil War battles than any other state except Virginia and Tennessee. Wolk notes in the book that almost half of the battles fought in 1861 occurred in Missouri. Wolk is president of Missouri’s Civil War Heritage Foundation, Inc.

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1864: The Year of Decision?
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 6:30pm
Central Library
The Civil War may have reached a turning point in 1864, when Ulysses S. Grant became general-in-chief of the Union armies, Confederate defeats continued to mount, an...
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Jefferson Davis and His Cause

Central Library | 6:30pm
26
May

Why the North Won and Why It All Matters

Central Library | 6:30pm
15
May

The Cavalry of the American Civil War

Central Library | 6:30pm
10
Nov

"I Came Not to Bring Peace, but a Sword"

Central Library | 6:30pm

A Tour Guide to Missouri’s Civil War

Series: Civil War
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