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Civil War armies included infantry ... Hiram M. Bledsoe of the Missouri Battery of the Missouri State Guard and later the Confederate Army. When federals learned Bledsoe’s battery was engaged ...

The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear gesture of white men wanting to control urban areas." ...

Mercer County Cemetery, the final resting place of nearly 200 Civil War veterans, hosted commemoration services for the 160th ...

In a relentless rainstorm, a groundbreaking ceremony was held, attributing to the sacrifice of African American soldiers ...