Civil War Missouri

[18thVirginia]

When putting together the thread of photography of Civil War St. Louis, I came across photographs and maps of other regions of Missouri that don't appear so much in the usual historic scenes of the Civil War. When searching for scenes either of Kansas or Missouri, I found that photos of both states show up in a search. So, rather than wait on a thread with the scenes from Missouri, thought I'd go ahead and feature them as I'm going back and finding the photos of Kansas.

I like seeing what the towns looked like or the maps of the communities to give me a better understanding, I hope they're helpful to others. Perhaps some of our Missouri friends like @Patrick H will add photos that I may miss.

Main Street, Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri, 1864.

 

[18thVirginia]

Main Street, Kansas City, 1867.

 

[18thVirginia]

Independence, Missouri birds eye view 1867. Jackson County, Missouri.

 

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Camp Union at 10th and Central Streets, Kansas City, Missouri

 

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Sketch of Jefferson City, Missouri published in Harper's Weekly, 1861

 

[Patrick H]

Many of the frame buildings in the central part of Glasgow were destroyed during Price's raid if 1864. I am not real familiar with all the details. The town was surrounded and Shelby had positioned cannon across the river--aimed at the center of town. The Union garrison commander blew up a store of powder to keep it out of the Confederate's hands. In the process, he made a big hole in the the business district. Glasgow is a beautiful town and has enjoyed some very nice revitalization in recent years.

 

[Boonslick]

I like seeing what the towns looked like or the maps of the communities to give me a better understanding, I hope they're helpful to others. Perhaps some of our Missouri friends like @Patrick H will add photos that I may miss.

I guess that I am considered the old historian of Boonville (Mo) and have been collecting and studying Boonville images for 40 years. In all of that time I don't believe that I have ever seen any landscape photos taken of the town during the antebellum or civil war period. The only photos taken during that time tend to be ambrotype and cdv portraits. However, there are 100's of photos of houses and buildings from this era in existence that would show what these structures looked like, but they were taken from about 1870 and thereafter.

An example of this would be this image of the Boonville Pottery, established in 1844 by the German immigrant, George Vollrath This early Missouri pottery was the largest ever in the state and produced 2/3rds. of all the pottery ever made in the state. The attached photo is from ca. 1870+ by J.C. Macurdy.

Another, from my personal collection, would be of Thespian Hall also know as the Boonville Lyceum. This magnificent Greek Revival structure was built in 1857 and is still in existence. During the civil war it served briefly as a hospital for wounded soldiers and during Price's raid a "lock-up" for home guard prisoners.

 

[Patrick H]

My friend Boonslick has an amazing collection of historic photos of our town. I have been fortunate to browse it with him on numerous occasions.

 

[18thVirginia]

I guess that I am considered the old historian of Boonville (Mo) and have been collecting and studying Boonville images for 40 years. In all of that time I don't believe that I have ever seen any landscape photos taken of the town during the antebellum or civil war period. The only photos taken during that time tend to be ambrotype and cdv portraits. However, there are 100's of photos of houses and buildings from this era in existence that would show what these structures looked like, but they were taken from about 1870 and thereafter.

An example of this would be this image of the Boonville Pottery, established in 1844 by the German immigrant, George Vollrath This early Missouri pottery was the largest ever in the state and produced 2/3rds. of all the pottery ever made in the state. The attached photo is from ca. 1870+ by J.C. Macurdy.

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Another, from my personal collection, would be of Thespian Hall also know as the Boonville Lyceum. This magnificent Greek Revival structure was built in 1857 and is still in existence. During the civil war it served briefly as a hospital for wounded soldiers and during Price's raid a "lock-up" for home guard prisoners.

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Thanks for sharing the photos, Boonslick. A lot of the photos I've found of the smaller communities in Missouri or Kansas date from about 1867. Please add any photos of significant buildings from the ACW or early Reconstruction periods.

 

[18thVirginia]

Camp Blood near Pilot Knob, Missouri. A sketch that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1861.

 

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Pacific House Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri at 4th and Delaware. It was the District of the Border headquarters in 1863, under Brigadier General Thomas Ewing, Jr.

 

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View of Lexington Courthouse, showing cannon ball embedded in column.

 

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[Patrick H]

City Hotel in Boonville, Mo. This photo was made in the mid 1930s, but is pretty much exactly as the building would have looked in 1864, when Price came back to town. I've read conflicting claims, but this was most likely Price's headquarters for a day. When Bill Anderson and his men infamously rode in with human scalps dangling from their reins to meet with Price, it probably happened in the street in front. Imagine a teenaged Jesse James gawking at the regular soldiers who were seated and standing all over the business district.

Later, when Frank James came to town to stand trial (the case was dropped), local citizens put up his bail almost immediately, sprung him from jail, and registered him here. He was with Anderson in '64, and would have remembered this building, too.

 

[AUG]

Here's an image of the 9th Missouri State Militia standing in the streets of St. Joseph. Colonel Odon Guitar, Capt. Samuel A. Garth, and Capt. James A. Adams are identified (Guitar wears a shoulder sash, Garth wears a black hat and light-colored overcoat, Adams has a white mark on left breast). Thought to have been taken in either 1862 or '63.

Previously posted and discussed in this thread: http://civilwartalk.com/threads/union-regiment-in-st-joseph-missouri.76738/

 

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This one is said to be a photograph of the women of Lexington, Mo., presenting Colonel John D. Stevenson of the 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment and his men with a flag during a ceremony in 1862.
Source: http://www.civilwarmo.org/gallery#item/CWMO-289

 

[Patrick H]

Here's an image of the 9th Missouri State Militia standing in the streets of St. Joseph. Colonel Odon Guitar, Capt. Samuel A. Garth, and Capt. James A. Adams are identified (Guitar wears a shoulder sash, Garth wears a black hat and light-colored overcoat, Adams has a white mark on left breast). Thought to have been taken in either 1862 or '63.

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Previously posted and discussed in this thread: http://civilwartalk.com/threads/union-regiment-in-st-joseph-missouri.76738/

Guitar was highly respected by most and was a very capable leader and administrator. He and his militia sure upset Col. Joseph Porter's push to get south of the Missouri River when they stopped him at Moore's Mill.

 

[Patrick H]

This one is said to be a photograph of the women of Lexington, Mo., presenting Colonel John D. Stevenson of the 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment and his men with a flag during a ceremony in 1862.
Source: http://www.civilwarmo.org/gallery#item/CWMO-289

This is very interesting. Lexington was and still is a very southern-oriented town. I am surprised there were enough union ladies around to make this presentation. I get continually surprised. It reminds me how ignorant I am and it keeps me humble.

 

[rosefiend]

Here's an image of the 9th Missouri State Militia standing in the streets of St. Joseph. Colonel Odon Guitar, Capt. Samuel A. Garth, and Capt. James A. Adams are identified (Guitar wears a shoulder sash, Garth wears a black hat and light-colored overcoat, Adams has a white mark on left breast). Thought to have been taken in either 1862 or '63.

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I wonder if my g'g'g'grandpa Benjamin F. Gump is in that picture.... I'm trying to upload his service card but this thing is not accepting his PDF. Here's where you can find a link to it.

ETA -- though he didn't start service until June 1863, and he was relieved from service in November by General Guitar ... so he's probably not in that pic, alas.
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[rosefiend]

Anyway, I meant to post this ages ago. This is Mary Carroll of Pilot Grove, Missouri. She broke her brother out of the Cooper County Jail by copying and making an iron key. Her brother, Dennis Carroll, and his friend, Mastin Patrick, were due to be executed by firing squad, but she managed to get them out just in time.

@Patrick H actually introduced me to her story, which is amazing. It's also an interesting and detailed picture of the many people around Boonville and Pilot Grove and the many lives that were deeply affected by the war.

Here's the full story from her great-grandson's website. I included Mary's story in my book, too, but I tell you, I had an awful time trying to trim her story down to 2,000 words because I kept having to leave out so much good stuff that I desperately wanted to include. My first draft of her story was actually 8,000 words long -- so I really had my work cut out for me.

Mary's story starts about ten pages into the above document. Her story is 106 pages altogether, pretty much a short novel, but it's great reading.