A crane removes a bronze sculpture from the Confederate monument in Forest Park on Monday, June 26, 2017. In a settlement between St. Louis and the Missouri Civil War Museum, the museum agrees to ...

Mathew Brady ~ Associated Press, file Ulysses S. Grant commanded Union forces during the Battle of Belmont in Southeast Missouri in 1861. It was his first combat experience of the Civil War.

Many Confederate Missourians, including political leaders, moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the Confederate Capital of Missouri.

ST. LOUIS -- A vast, virtually unexamined National Archives collection on Missouri's Civil War history is now accessible to Civil War buffs, genealogists and other researchers, thanks to an online ...

Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, a former Missouri governor, led 12,000 Confederates on a 1,400-mile loop through his home state, hoping to liberate it for the South and install a Confederate government ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 14 -- State officials took down Confederate flags at two historic sites today after Democratic presidential hopeful Richard A. Gephardt said they shouldn't be flown anywhere.

When you look at the dates, most Missouri courthouses that were lost to fire, took place from 1861 to 1865, and it’s not just a coincidence.

LOUIS • The Missouri Civil War Museum in Jefferson Barracks is claiming ownership of the controversial Confederate statue in Forest Park, but city officials maintain they have control over both ...