New book describes turbulent homefront. “Missouri was a battleground — over one thousand engagements were fought in the state (the third most during the Civil War) — but it was also a homefront.

Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War City officials say the state’s plan to wrest back control of the police department is an attempt by white ...

LOUIS — Missouri took control of the St. Louis police department just before the start of the Civil War, a gambit by state leaders to prevent the city from rising up against their conspiracy to ...