The Battle of Randolph “At the time Fort Sumter was fired upon, Kansas City, Missouri had a population variously estimated at from 4,000 to 8,000. There was at the time a small settlement of a dozen houses immediately across the Missouri River on the low ground called Harlem, and another village of a half dozen …
Civil War Soldiers – 1
Ole Anderson On his enlistment date Ole Andreas Anderson was 28 years old; it was the 21st of May in the first year of the war, 1861. He was a commissioned officer in Company D, Iowa 3rd Infantry Regiment by June of that year and mustered out on August 16th of the following year due …
3rd Regiment, Iowa Volunteers – Battle of Liberty/Blue Mills
Union Iowa Volunteers 3rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry OVERVIEW: Organized at Keokuk and mustered in June 8, 1861. Left State for Hannibal, Mo., June 29. Attached to Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., Dept. of Tennessee, to …
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The Mounted Rangers of Liberty – 1861
(from Liberty Tribune 1861) Military Company The Military Company recently raised in this city, organized on Saturday evening last by the election of the following officers: Captain—H. L. Routt 1st Lieut.—L. L. Talbott 2d Lieut.—John C. Dunn 3d Lieut.—George W. Morris Orderly Sergeant—J. A. Gillispie 2d Sergeant—M. L. Byers 3d Sergeant—Rock Stone 4th Sergeant—D. K. …
The Battle of Liberty / Blue Mills Landing – September 17, 1861
By Tony Meyers In September of 1861, Liberty and Clay County briefly became a focal point for the Civil War in Missouri. It was a difficult time for local citizens. Many were staunchly pro-Southern while others were aligned with the North supporting the Union. Although the State of Missouri had not seceded from the Union, …
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The Jay Jackson Legacy
The year 2020 was a trial for most of this country. Even before the Pandemic began to divide the country, an on-going battle for history was raging. You could call it a war on history with battles wherever a statue or memorial of the past could be assailed. One side for reflection and preservation of …