1864

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

Missouri and Kansas residents reflect on the year 1864, continue recovering from Price’s Raid, and anticipate the New Year and the possible end of the war.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

Elections place Missouri’s "radical" Republicans in power, Missouri rebuilds after Price’s Raid, and the Supreme Court considers taxation of Shawnee lands in Kansas.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

General Sterling Price’s Army of Missouri advances on Kansas City, is dealt a crippling blow at the Battle of Westport near the present-day Country Club Plaza, and faces possible annihilation at Mine Creek and Newtonia.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

General Sterling Price’s “Army of Missouri” invades its namesake state in hopes of capturing it for the Confederacy, William “Bloody Bill” Anderson leads his bushwhackers in a bloody massacre, and the first major fighting of Price’s Raid ensues at Pilot Knob.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price begins organizing an army of 12,000 cavalrymen in Arkansas for an invasion of Missouri, Captain William Fowler handles questions and complaints about the draft in Missouri, and Col. Robert T. Van Horn runs for Congress.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

Northerners and Southerners look for meaning in the annual Fourth of July celebrations, bushwhackers formerly associated with Quantrill’s Raiders resume their activities, and African American soldiers receive equal pay with white soldiers.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

The spouse of an imprisoned Confederate soldier struggles in the Union-controlled state of Missouri, civilians and soldiers fear attacks from bushwhackers, and a Baptist minister attempts to hold his congregation together in Kansas City.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

Captain Richard M. Hulse fortifies a Missouri town against Confederate raids, Rev. Jonathan B. Fuller, in Kansas City, enjoys a brief respite from the strain of war, and a Missouri resident hears rumors of a Confederate invasion.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

Three Chariton County slaves are placed up for auction upon the death of their master, General James G. Blunt is removed from command due to an earlier defeat at the hands of guerrilla fighter William Clarke Quantrill, and General Samuel R. Curtis pursues Quantrill’s Raiders.

By Jason Roe, Kansas City Public Library

The mayor of Kansas City, R.T. Van Horn, contemplates regaining his lost command, Missouri’s Baptist ministers grow concerned over federal interference with their religious liberties, and a Confederate soldier from Missouri remains imprisoned and separated from his family.

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