Civil War

Title: John McNeil
Description: Portrait of Colonel John McNeil, "The Butcher of Palmyra," who on October 18, 1862, ordered the execution of 10 Confederate prisoners of war in retaliation for the kidnappig of pro-Union carpenter, Andrew Allsman.
Object Type: Image

Title: Union Prison Collapse Marker
Description: Photograph of the historical marker noting the site of the Union Prison collapse in Kansas City, Missouri. The Union Prison, located at 1425 Grand Avenue, held female relatives and associates of proslavery Missouri bushwhackers. Five women, including the sister of guerilla William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, died as a result of the collapse on August 14, 1863.
Object Type: Image
Date: June 24, 2015

Title: Andrew Downing
Description: This sepia carte de visite depicts Lieut. Andrew Downing, who served in Company D, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph, ca. 1861-1865, was produced by Armstead & White of Corinth, Mississippi.
Object Type: Image

Title: Battle of Pea Ridge
Description: Chromolithograph print shows an attack by Confederate cavalry and infantry, with Native American troops, against a line of Union cannon and infantry at Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
Object Type: Image

Title: Stephen A. Douglas
Description: A Portrait of Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Market Street, Fort Scott, Kansas
Description: 1863 photograph of Market Street with hospital in background; Fort Scott, Kansas. As early as August of 1861, the Union Army occupied this former frontier hospital after the fort closed in 1853.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1863

Title: John Jarrette
Description: Charcoal portrait of John Jarrette dressed in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Jarrette served as a captain under Quantrill and was married to the Younger brothers' sister Josephine. He also was a member of the James-Younger Gang.
Object Type: Image

Title: Flag of the Liberty Guards, 22nd Mississippi Confederate Infantry Regiment
Description: 1st National pattern flag, which belonged to the 22nd Mississippi Infantry, Company E, the “Liberty Guards.” Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Object Type: Image

Title: Frank James or Henry Clements
Description: Charcoal portrait drawing of one of the guerrillas, likely to be Frank James. Frank James, the older brother of Jesse, first joined the Missouri State Guard, but later became a member of Quantrill's guerrillas. Frank took part in many Civil War battles and skirmishes, including the raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863, and the Centralia massacre. He surrendered at Samuel's Depot, Kentucky, at the end of the war. He was a member of the James-Younger gang and participated in numerous robberies, and although tried for some of these, was acquitted. He died of a stroke February 15, 1915. He is buried in the Hill family private cemetery near Kansas City.
Object Type: Image

Title: The River Queen
Description: The steamboat River Queen, which hosted the Hampton Roads Conference between representatives of the Union and Confederate governments.
Object Type: Image

Title: Rebel Negro Pickets as Seen Through a Field-Glass
Description: Harper's Weekly illustration depicting African American soldiers in the Confederate States Army, January 10, 1863.
Object Type: Image
Date: January 10, 1863

Title: William Quantrill
Description: This illustration of Missouri Bushwhacker William Clarke Quantrill is included in the 1914 publication of "Three years with Quantrell; a true story".
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Shawnee Indian Mission, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Description: Photograph of the Shawnee Indian Mission, where the Bogus Legislature met on May 30, 1855.
Object Type: Image
Date: July 6, 1940

Title: Jasper M. Reno
Description: This carte de visite depicts Jasper M. Reno, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865 by T.W. Bankes.
Object Type: Image

Title: Morgan Walker
Description: Photograph of Jackson County, Missouri, farmer Morgan Walker.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Jesse and Frank James
Description: Black and white photograph of the brothers Jesse and Frank James, taken in Carolinda, Illinois, in 1872.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1872

Title: B. Parkhurst
Description: This carte de visite depicts B. Parkhurst, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Title: Gaius Jenkins
Description: Ambrotype of Gaius Jenkins, active member of the Free-State cause and Lawrence resident who was killed by James Lane over a land dispute.
Object Type: Image

Title: Run on the Seamen's Savings' Bank During the Panic
Description: Wood engraving of the Panic of 1857 appearing in the October 31, 1857, issue of Harper's Weekly.
Object Type: Image
Date: October 31, 1857

Title: Plat of Osceola, Roscoe, Gerster, and Tiffin, St. Clair County, MO
Description: A plat of the St. Clair County towns of Osceola, Roscoe, Gerster, and Tiffin. This page is included in an 1903 plat book of St. Clair County, Missouri.
Date: 1903

Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865

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