Tag: Civil War
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When the War Came to the River: Rocheport in the Guerrilla Autumn of 1864
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This is not a story we tell to admire anyone. We tell it because it happened here, and because understanding what the Civil War did to this bend in the river means looking squarely at…
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The Columbia Lawyer Who Became a Union General: Odon Guitar
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Before he led cavalry across central Missouri in the Civil War, Odon Guitar was a Boone County courtroom fixture and one of the University of Missouri’s earliest graduates. His life bridges the town’s two great…