Skirmish at Island Mound is the second movement of an original symphony created and composed by Dr. Barbara Harbach. A State Divided -- A Missouri Symphony was created for the October 27, 2012 dedication of Battle...

Officials at Jefferson Barracks National operate under the notion that you can always learn something about a society by how they bury their dead. Civil War soldiers… both Union and Confederate… are buried at...

Jefferson Barracks played a role in the Civil War long before the Civil War began. That's because so many Civil War generals… Union and Confederate… passed through there before they made the very important...

Today many people may react with disgust, horror… even humor… at some of the commonly held beliefs in the medical community at the time of the Civil War. Dr. David Meyers, a re-enactor with the Society of...

In St. Louis County, the Museum of Transportation is featuring a Civil War sesquicentennial exhibit titled "Roads, Rivers, & Rails: Transportation of the Civil War." This episode takes a look at that exhibit, but...

In the winter of 1862, a serious epidemic of smallpox broke-out among Confederate prisoners in a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Alton, IL. Rather than run the risk of infecting residents of Alton, prison officials...

If you've heard of James Eads, it's likely because you're familiar with the bridge he designed, which spans the Mississippi River at St. Louis. But before Eads built a bridge over the Mississippi, he built...

Make no mistake, the Civil War was an uncertain time in the state of Missouri. If somebody asked you about your politics, you better be careful, because it may be a trick question. That became apparent in this...

During the Civil War, the federal government went to great lengths to make sure St. Louis, and the Union Arsenal, remained in Union control. Union forces built forts known as earthen redoubts. While there is no...

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, or NGA, is on ground that has been federal government property for more than 150 years. It is located in south St. Louis, right across the street from Anheuser-Busch. ...