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Name:
christian james
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Date:
01/12/2005

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thank you so much for you web -site i ,feel you have done credit to my family and relatives.. thank you christian james state of arizona 11th january 2005 post script alot of people are of the mis informed opinon that certain person of the the robert and charlie ford family were our relatives this is a ballant lie we as james,s would never ever of had such a person in our family . if you don,t know the facts please don,t say you do ... alot of younger people watch tv and believe the lies hollywood puts out.. i as a direct relative of jesse woodson james and his older brother alex franklin james know better . get your facts straight before engaging in affairs not of your family SOME OF US OLD TIMERS STILL REMEMBER THE PAST AND WE KNOW THE TRUTH ...

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Don Hughes
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Date:
12/12/2004

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I am looking for my great-great-grandfather Frederick Commodore Perry Pults who was held and died at the Gratiot Street Prison.

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Frank R. Mayberry
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Date:
11/22/2004

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Hi! Looking for Thomas MAYBERRY my ggrUncle b. 1831 Romney, Hampshire Co., Va., parents were Israel Mayberry & Catherine Hass of Hampshire Co., Va(WV. Was listed on 1860 Census Dwelling #1360 Fam #1412 Marian McMURTREY and 3 children, of Jackson Co., MO. He, has not been located since that Census. Please notify me at email fmayberry4@cox.net Thanks, Frank R. Mayberry in Muskogee, OK

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Cathy Plattenburg Hoffman
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Date:
11/14/2004

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Mr. Edwards was my great-uncle uncle by marriage.

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Harry Craig
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Date:
11/11/2004

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I believe this is an excellent site. We visited the various battlefields in Va. this summer and went to Harpers Ferry, Antiteum,and Gettysburg. I hate to think of all the men killed and wounded in a war which should never have been.

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Judy Schaller
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Date:
11/10/2004

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Born in Palmyra. 3rd generation. Terrible time in history. Glad I missed it, but think your page is very good. I go to the court house and read the story when ever I go home. Thank You!

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Lori Schol
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Date:
10/11/2004

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This is great to beable to read about the Younger Brothers. I found out from my mom oh about 20 yrs ago that we are related to them. I just never really got around to finding out about them. Now that I am older, it means alot to me to read about my family. Dont know if that is something to be excited about, but reading about them back in school and seeing stories about them on the History Channel, its just kewl. Thanks for letting me share....

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Steve
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Date:
10/10/2004

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Thanks for this site. In my spare time, been researchin' the Hungarians who came out of this area during this "period."

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Tyler
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Date:
10/08/2004

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im related to cole younger

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Sharon Stuhlmiller
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allfor1s
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Date:
09/09/2004

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My grandfather Albert Franklin was second cousin to Bob,Jim and Cole Younger.

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Chris Holmes
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Date:
09/05/2004

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Interested in Howard County... In particular, my research focuses on James F. Rucker and Sydney D. Jackmann, as well the Ballew brothers. Info on the Sartains (although rarely mentioned in most texts) is also desired.

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Twee
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joliz-lilguh
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Date:
08/31/2004

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interesting....like the facts

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donna cicatelli
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Date:
08/25/2004

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stumbled on to your site, looking for info regarding my family who homesteaded hughes ville mo, in early 1800. i loved all the great history and info you have and the timeline i learned so much more about the day to day life they had to endure. thank you

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Don Leu
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Date:
08/23/2004

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Great Site..... I am a decendent of Bill Ryan...

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Kathy Morgan Jones
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kjones
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carolina.net
Date:
08/13/2004

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Hello: I am so happy to have found this site. I've been told all my life that I'm "related" to Jesse James. This is how: my grandmother's maiden name was Marie Cole. I was told that the Coles, Youngers & Jameses were all "cousins". I know we have some family history in Picher, Arkansas, Lawton, OK, thereabouts. My grandfather was A.D. Morgan (Admiral Dewey; a name, not a rank) and his father was supposedly near 100% Cherokee. If ANYONE has anything to tell me about, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks, Kathy Morgan Jones, North Carolina

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Avanell Jackson Hutton
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Date:
08/12/2004

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I just discovered your web site and am certainly enjoying all the information that is here for the reading. Thanks.

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Joy Strople
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Date:
08/12/2004

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thanks for all the INFO on Jesse James and his brother this helps out alot

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linda morgan
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Date:
07/29/2004

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i accidently left part of my e-mail address off please excuse me anyone have any comments on my request yet im very excited about stumbling on to this site i feel like a kid in a candy store waiting to see if anyone has or can add to my info thank you again

Name:
linda morgan
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kn_lindamorgan
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Date:
07/27/2004

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this is so informative and i enjoyed the piece on the jackson fairgrounds i may be related to the william proffer referred in chapters 5 & 7 my father is clarence harding proffer b,12-19-1920 d.6-1-1990 his father was john william proffer b.11-17-1889 d.7-4-1953 and his father was andrew jackson proffer b.11-29-1863 d.1-9-1923 my father was born in grafton,il & grandpa and great grandpa was born in or was from stoddard county missouri but this is as far as i have been able to trace my family i may be related to the proffers of missouri because some of my research shows a clarence ,andrew jackson,and a william proffer in or from stoddard county or cape gerardeau missouri i remember daddy telling how his parents and grandparents came from missouri in a covered wagon if you or any one else can tell of the connection or not please let me know you have my deepest gratitude beforehand thank you

Name:
Rebekah Buck
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giallo1
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Date:
07/15/2004

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Interesting to find my ggggrandmother Rebecca Gilmore listed in the Gratiot Street prison in St. Louis. We knew from a newspaper account that she was taken into custody for being too vocal against the North during the Civil War. Thank you so much for doing this work. I hope to visit the prison to see where she stayed, if the building still exists. According her obit. she lived an exemplary life in western Missouri after her incarceration.

Unfortunately, the location that was Gratiot St. Prison is now the parking lot for Ralston-Purina. But thanks for the kind words. . .

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KarenKay
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crazykay
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swbell.net
Date:
06/28/2004

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I like reading your articles and am planning on seeing the sites in Kearney, MO. One of my cousins told me that we are related to the James family by marriage. My maiden name is Woodson. Was James' mother name Mary Woodson? I am just starting my family tree but will be very interesting to see if I am related. If I am I would love to meet my distance relatives.

Name:
Art Hollrah
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hollrah1220
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Date:
06/27/2004

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I was truly surprised to see how much St Louis and Missouri were involved in the war.

Name:
Lea Ann Robertson
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learobertson
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Date:
06/08/2004

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I stumbled upon your site today and LOVE it!! I am the USGenWeb county coordinator for Shelby County, MO...always looking for more info on my home state. Y'all have done some fantastic work here!! Keep it up! Thanks.

It's always nice to be appreciated. Particularly by those who have the background to understand how much work this site represents, both by us and by our contributors. --Geo

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Lance Parrish
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lparrish38
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Date:
06/03/2004

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What a wonderful site, born in St. louis in 1938 and lived there until 1977, now in California, I have always had a keen interest in trying to find my roots but always came up blank. it goes only back to my grand father cy Parrish, but no information before him. However in reading the civil war on your web site, My mothers maiden name was Ponder, from Doniphan, Ripley co. Mo. and refers to the Ponder pond in the civil war conflicts, now I have a new direction to go. The Ponders have lived there it seems like forever. I have passed this site to my old St. Louis friends who no longer live there. Keep up the Great work. Lance

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David willer
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caroleco
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Date:
05/31/2004

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very good site, would order cd-rom but we are very new to computers running windows 98,will this work? interested in Art McCoy, "bloody" bill anderson. Again thank you for the site,remember the lost cause,I do. david caroleco@rcn com

Thanks for inquiring about our CD's, which can be found here, here, and here. You can take a look at our Technical FAQ to see if your system will work. If you have at least 64MB of RAM, a Pentium-class processor, and a CD-ROM drive you should be okay. The slowest we ever tried was a Celeron 466 notebook with 96MB of RAM on Windows Millenium (which is practically identical to Windows 98) and that worked just fine. Adobe Acrobat Reader (provided on the CD's) is compatible with Win98 according to Adobe. Feel free to drop me a line at georule@civilwarstlouis.com if you'd like to talk more about your interest in Arthur McCoy --Geo

Name:
Mabel
Email:
oneathasheep
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frontiernet.net
Date:
05/28/2004

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very interesting site. I was born in Smithville, MO, went to school in Platte City, grew up on a farm 20 miles North of Kansas City. My granpa was kin to Bat Masterson. As a child I remember the vague story of Quantrell gang coming through and stealing horses, leaving their old tired one behind. Know of any more info on Quantrell gang? I didn't know they were so bad til I began looking up web sites.

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Karen Metcalf
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karencadfael
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Date:
05/25/2004

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Follow-up to my earlier comment (posted today): I am now even more impressed to see that you read the comments and, when appropriate, respond. I thought you might find it interesting that my great-grandmother, Elisabeth Holt, referred in my earlier comment, married Frederick Urfer, a Swiss immigrant in the Missouri Home Guard, on Sept. 26, 1861. Two points I find of particular interest: 1)As you probably appreciate, there appears to be very little information available about the Swiss community in St. Louis, either during the Civil War or later. I'm getting a sense that, although they mingled with the dominant German population, they also kept up a distinct community life. (For ex., all the Civil War Urfers, possibly brothers, served in the same units--Missouri Sappers and Engineers--in the Civil War.)2) Given all that was happening on the military/political scene in St. Louis in 1861, I find it fascinating that Elisabeth and Frederick chose to marry when they did. I'd love to know more about whether, by that time in September, the Home Guard troops felt the danger had mostly passed. If you could direct me to some possible resources that address these points, I would be supremely grateful. If you can't, thanks anyway for maintaining this valuable resource.

It depends on what you mean by "Home Guard". In St. Louis in the spring/summer of 1861, this typically meant the five United States Reserves Corps, mustered in early May by Nathaniel Lyon and John Schofield. That group was for ninety days, and thus most were mustered out in August of the same year, which might explain that September wedding. Of course many then joined regular U.S. units for three years, but certainly not all. The immediate danger to St. Louis had mostly passed by then, though there was still a substantial Confederate underground in the city that would engage in many mischiefs over the course of the whole war, and there was a goodly amount of pro-Union nervousness in the city during Price's Great Raid of 1864. If you are particularly interested in St. Louis, and from a Union point of view, you can do no better to get a sense of attitudes and events in St. Louis over the course of the war than reading Galusha Anderson's The Story of a Border City During the Civil War, available on our Missouri Civil War Reader here. --Geo

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Karen Metcalf
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karencadfael
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Date:
05/25/2004

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Thank you!!!! I grew up in St. Louis and have always had a keen interest in history, including that of the Civil War. But perhaps because I left that great city in the mid-sixties, I've neglected to explore St. Louis Civil War material. With very recent genealogical research revealing that my great-grandmother experienced those years in the heart of the city, I've suddenly developed a keen appetite for finding out all I can about the subject, and this website should keep me happy for some time to come. What a treasure!

Name:
tashia
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crazygirlthatsm
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blackplanet.com
Date:
05/12/2004

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i love st.louis

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Jesse Hickling
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hicklingjesse
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hotmail.com
Date:
05/06/2004

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This site is OK.

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Date:
05/04/2004

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Very interesting sight, I got awesome info. off of it for my report

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Dick Clark
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rpclark
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Date:
04/29/2004

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What an interesting site. From the well known to the unknown.

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S. Caldwell
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msrp1
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sbcglobal.net
Date:
04/26/2004

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Norman Bercaw, the brother of my great great grandfather was a Union soldier in the Civil war. He was on his way home to Ripley, Ohio, when he was killed in the explosion of the steamer Sultana. Your website went into great detail regarding this tragedy and I found it very educational. Thanks. Sue

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norma ruth cook
Email:
rumike
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bellsouth.net
Date:
04/26/2004

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Thank you for this lovely, thoughtful site. N.Ruth Cook

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Mandy "Amanda"
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MDS103
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msn.com
Date:
04/24/2004

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I like your website very much & love to your Quest.

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Stephanie
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smhenna
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Date:
04/20/2004

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This site is kickin!! Keep it up!

Name:
JJ Hughes
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meganandjj
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zianet.com
Date:
04/18/2004

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Great informative website! My great-great grandfather was held here and released from a smallpox hospital in 1863;I suppose somewhere near.I could use any information on the smallpox hospitals and burial sites in the area, for I cannot locate his burial site. His name was Frederick C.P. Pults, Company C, Coleman's Regiment, Private.

He died 10 April 1863. Listed as a guerrilla in the Gratiot/Myrtle records. I didn't find a burial listing--he's probably not buried at Jefferson Barracks cemetery, nor any of the Catholic cemeteries in St. Louis. You might query the St. Louis Public Library for an obit around that date in the newspapers.

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MaryK Croft
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Date:
04/15/2004

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Just ordered the "Terrible Quintette" CD-ROM and am looking forward to checking it out. My mother's family (her mother was a Morton) was from the Liberty and KCMO area back in the day. Among my ancestors was Major Dr. Morton, a Confederate surgeon. My mother has both his silver uniform buttons and his photograph... but I have his eyes. I'd love to learn more about him and others of the area and era.

Name:
Larry E. Grimes
Email:
lgrimes
email2: oregonsbest.com
Date:
04/14/2004

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Just passing through and I think I have found a real gem of a web site. I had relatives in the War and I'll be back to this site.

Name:
jack
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jack
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Date:
04/13/2004

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i think it is great

Name:
Patricia Youngers Molik
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molikpm
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Date:
04/11/2004

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I am a Youngers by birth name and was wondering if you could give more information about the Younger brothers.

I recommend you place queries at:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/younger/

The "outlaw" Younger brothers had no offspring, but they were from very large families.

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Daniel Allen
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dallen1
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wi.rr.com
Date:
04/10/2004

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I understand after scrolling through portions of this site why it is one of the better sites covering the civil war.I appreciate your excellent resouce and I have placed it in my favorites so I can browse and check on some of the many sections. Thank You!

Name:
Maj. Scott Price, USAR (Ret.)
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Date:
04/09/2004

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Best western Civil War site I've seen in years. Thank you. VR, Scott Price

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Al Schutte
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aschutte
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Date:
03/26/2004

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Geo...nice site.

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Alley
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Date:
03/23/2004

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Very interesting website. I have really become interested in jesse james and his history. Keep up the good work.

Name:
gary paterini
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garyandpatty
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charter.net
Date:
03/15/2004

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hey george old buddy, got this site from monkey. very cool reading and very interesting stuff. im very proud of what you have done and speak of you often.(you know old times). you have my email and plz drop me a line to let me know how you are doing. got some real cool stuff to tell ya if you're interested. ok later dude. gary

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Mary Rodacay Saniga
Email:
murpez
email2: charter.net
Date:
03/13/2004

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Hey guys! Great website! I read an article about you in our local PA newspaper. Take care! Mary - Class of '81

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Jed Marum
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jedmarum.com
Date:
03/12/2004

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Great site. Lots of good info!

Name:
Joe Mama
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dthdhogue
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heartland.net
Date:
03/11/2004

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this site is so cool.. i guess.. seeing how im deaf so im not sure if there's any sound to this. have fun with this and you're doing a good job. yay

No sound on the site. Glad you enjoy it!

Name:
amber younger
Email:
ayounger
email2:
co.gregg.tx.us
Date:
03/09/2004

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just looking for some info on my ancestors

Name:
Gwen Ford
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gkretzschmar
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nevada.k12.mo.us
Date:
03/05/2004

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I was searching for the Palmyra Massacre on a search engine and came across your page. It's very interesting. Have you ever come across a book called "The Palmyra Massacre"? If so I would appreciate to know where you found it.

Haven't come across it, nor did I find it on a search, but keep checking at: Abebooks, it's a used book listing source with bookstores around the world posting their inventory. --D.H.Rule

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Kenneth J Lewellen
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biglew
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ureach.com
Date:
03/05/2004

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I was just wondering where my great great grandfather spent some of his time in the civil war. It was a terrible place. A terrible time in American history. This is why Confederate Monuments need to be left alone. Its part of History. For The Cause,God Bless Dixie By the way, my Great Great granfather was Thomas Lewellyn 1st NE MO. CAV.

Thomas J. Lewellyn has a service record at the National Archives (NARA). It should contain information tracking his time in the war. http://www.archives.gov/   -D.H.Rule

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Den
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dooleyville
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yahoo.com
Date:
02/16/2004

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Very interesting and about as balanced as can be expected, based on some of my recent experiences. I came trying to find out about the assertions of some folks I have come across that Missouri (and Kentucky) seceded, which was contrary to what I'd always been taught in my grade school and high school history classes. It is interesting to discover that they were not entirely wrong. On the other hand, they made it seem like there were no Union sentiments in Missouri and that it was entirely a matter of brutal Union coercion that it did not "officially" secede. Definitely not true, from what I read here. But, one of them mistakenly refered to the "Jayhawkers" as "Bushwhackers", so she didn't really have much credibility in this regard, anyhow (but, she is a really good botanist). Whatamazes me is how many festering wounds there still appear to be after 140 years. It is amazing to me that, after the two World Wars and all the other wars we've fought together as a country that there is still so much lingering resentment.

The very thing you discuss here--the convoluted nature of the Civil War in Missouri--is one of the things that make it such a fascinating area of study. It was truly a civil war as the loyalties were divided as closely as the people who sat across the dinner table from each other. One of the top Confederate spies had a younger brother in the Union army, only one example of many. And no side held the prize for behavior--atrocities can be credited both ways, as can noble actions. I believe the intimate nature of the war in Missouri, in that it was taking place in everyone's own backyard on a day-to-day basis, rather than on a distant battlefield, is a contributing factor in the lasting nature of the sentiments. -D. H. Rule

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shelby l. louden
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slouden1
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juno.com
Date:
02/16/2004

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Greetings; I am searching a lost segment of my family, around the time of the Civil War. There could be a connection to Robert louden, but I'm purely speculating. If there is a connection, it would be ironic; my late father was a steamboat pilot for 60 years.

Name:
lorie
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swartzl50
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Date:
02/15/2004

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I live in Jefferson Barracks and am interested in civil war history

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frank
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frankdim
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yahoo.com
Date:
02/04/2004

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ilove it

Name:
Michelle Witucki
Email:
tootsie_tasha
email2:
hotmail.com
Date:
02/02/2004

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I really enjoyed reading about Jesse James and wished there was more on him. This is a great and very informative website.

Name:
SFC DUNN
Email:
mdun1
email2: amfam.com
Date:
01/23/2004

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Put together very well. Informative.

Name:
Trueman Farris
Email:
jfarris
email2:
execpc.com
Date:
01/17/2004

Comments

Interesting site. May one subscribe?

All our content on the site is presented for free for online viewing by our visitors. We offer three CD-ROMs with more Civil War Missouri history for sale here  --D. H. Rule

 
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Date:
01/15/2004

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Find your site very informative and interesting, but wonder if there is any additional information on the Palmyra massacre and more specifically any additional information on Strachan the Provost marshall?

Name:
John D. Green
Email:
canoewood2
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aol.com
Date:
01/14/2004

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This is a fantastic web site. Anyone with a modicum of interest in the Civil War needs to study St. Louis and Missouri, for this is where the entire panoply of the issues of the Civil War was played out. This site provides the proof of that assertion. Great job! Question, however: In the introductory piece to the "Brown-Reynolds Duel," there is this statement: "Isaac Sturgeon, author of 'Sturgeon's Folly'-which brought U.S. troops to St. Louis in January of 1861 to protect against an imaginary secessionist threat to the U.S. Treasury there, also appears by letter giving his account of his advice...to Reynolds!" Could you please enlighten me about "Sturgeon's Folly?" Who called it so and why? Also, could you please explain the implication of surprise in the statement over Sturgeon's giving advice to Reynolds? Thank you.

“Sturgeon’s Folly” is the term used by Thomas L. Snead in The Fight for Missouri to describe the coming of Federal troops to St. Louis in early January 1861 in response to a call by the assistant treasurer at St. Louis (Isaac Sturgeon) that the gold stocks in the sub-treasury were threatened by secessionists. See http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/History/MinuteMenSnead.htm for a brief reference; Snead covers it in more detail earlier in the book, which you can purchase on our CD here http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/CivilWarReader/index.htm

Pro-Southern writers like to point at this incident as a flash-point that inflamed Southern partisans and intensified the crisis in St. Louis. Pro-Union writers, of course, don’t see it that way. Interestingly, the Snead file at Missouri Historical Society has an exchange of letters between Sturgeon and Snead after the publication of The Fight for Missouri where Sturgeon explains events somewhat differently, and Snead more-or-less appears to accept the explanation (though may possibly been trying to placate him).

So, the “surprise” you reference is that Sturgeon, who was Pro-Union, is advising Reynolds, who (even though he was U. S. Attorney at the time of the duel with Brown) everyone knew was a fire-breathing Southern partisan. It is universally accepted, even at the time, that the duel was at heart a political feud over the issues that would eventually lead to the war.

Best. Geo

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stephanie
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Date:
01/12/2004

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Name:
Beth Metts
Email:
bethr
email2:
fidnet.com
Date:
01/08/2004

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In my earlier comment I had forgot to mention that my husband's gr.gr.grandfather ,Julius Mitchell was a member of Coleman's Regiment during the Civil War,along with his two brother's Levi and William.

Name:
Beth Metts
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bethr
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fidnet.com
Date:
01/08/2004

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My husband is the gr.gr.grandson of Julius Mitchell. Julius was born in Missouri in 1847,the son of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Stonecipher Mitchell.Julius was the youngest of twelve children. Julius' brother's Levi and William,also fought for the Confederecy,and were mentioned in Goodspeed's 1889 History. Julius was also a prisoner of war,and was held in the Gratiot Street Military Prison,in St.Louis.

Name:
Lou Kilgore
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lou_kilgore@yahoo.com
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Date:
01/04/2004

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Jesse was not shot by Bob Ford nor did Frank surrender to Gov. Crittenden of Missouri. No record of any marriage for Jesse or Frank. No record of any inquest into the death of Jesse in Buchannon County, Missouri.

Yup, every single one of those guys faked their deaths, changed their names and moved to Granbury, Texas where they ran a used car lot with Abe Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth. -DR

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A lex Dwyer
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Date:
01/03/2004

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During the early 1800s one cold rainy night a group of riders showed up at a farm north east of gerald, mo.asking for shelter from the rain.They were told that they could use the barn. When morning came they introduced themselves as the James Brothers and friends.They were discribed by the farmer as a very friendly and happy group! They paid the farmer well. I heard this story from a local farmer whos family was the closest neighbor at 12 miles away.

You may be interested in some of Homer Croy's books on the James & Youngers; he tracked many of these stories -DR

Name:
G. Philip Blount
Email:
Philip_Blount
email2:
msn.com
Date:
12/25/2003

Comments

I am the great grandson of Abraham Aaron and Cordelia "Delia" Anne Green Blount, the grandson of Hiram Howard and Alida Grant Ahart Blount, and the son of Paul Preston, Sr. and Alpha "Alfie" Omega Willer Blount. My great grandfather, Abraham Aaron Blount, is said to have served in the Confederate Army under Gen. Sterling Price. He was arested and held, as a civilian, at the Gratiot Street Prison, later transfered to the Burnett Hospital and may have been transfered to the State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri.

(I did not see a Blount in a listing of St. Louis military  prisoners sent to Jefferson City--D. R.)

 
Name:
Gary G Cooper
Email:
coopdev
email2:
msn.com
Date:
12/18/2003

Comments

I am Gary G Cooper Great great great grandson of Ben Cooper who rode with Jesse James at Liberty.

 

 

Name:

 

Barbara Mepham-Cervantes

 

Email:

 

Barbsigns4u

 

email2:

 

aol.com

 

Date:

 

12/13/2003

Comments

My St. Louis Desendants were Michael Saxby Mepham & William Golden Mepham (M.S. Mepham Bros.) who owned a vast number of steamboats, including the M.S. Mepham that was used during the Civil War. They were a very prominate St. Louis Family that moved there in 1849. After the Civil War, most of the M.S. Mepham Steamboats had tragically burned, and they went into the paint making business. M.S. Mepham's sons, George Saxby Mepham & Harry Mepham inherited the family paint company. I still speak to my cousin, Marion Jane Mepham-O'toole, Harry Mepham's granddaughter. She has lived her entire life in St. Louis, Mo. My great-grandfather was M.S. Mepham's brother, James B. Mepham. Sincerely, Barbara Mepham-Cervantes San Pedro, CA

Name:

Ray Nichols

 

Email:

 

nich

 

email2:

 

accessus.net

 

Date:

 

12/11/2003

Comments

To Jerry L. who mentioned they have a Confederate Submarine Battery reenactment group. Would like to talk to you about this. Also great site. Have ordered from the site and have been able to use it extensively. Speaking of the Submarine Battery service, does anyone have any information on a C. Williams from St. Louis who obtained several Confederate patents on a Submarine apparatus and was very active in the Triton Company. I think he was Charles Williams Chief Machinest of the Pacific Railroad in St. Louis but have not been able to prove it completely.

Name:
Matt Matthews
Email:
grimchieftain
email2:
hotmail.com
Date:
11/29/2003
Comments

In your introduction to Albert Castel’s "Order No.11 and the Civil War on the Border," Castel states, “so far no one has directly challenged [his] findings, much less rebutted them.” Well, I would like to challenged his ridiculous statement claming “ The charge that the Red Legs enjoyed Ewing’s ‘protection and patronage’ was viciously absurd, since Ewing, while in command of the District of the Border, made constant and earnest efforts to suppress the Red Legs and stop jayhawking.” Nothing could be further from the truth! While Ewing was willing to denounce Red Leg activity one of his first actions on assuming command of the District of the Border, was to hire George H. Hoyt as his chief of detectives. Hoyt was well known to everyone along the border as the chief of the Red Legs. If Castel had taken the time to check the National Archives he would have found the list of “Detectives, Scouts and Guides Employed Under George H. Hoyt For Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing Jr., in 1863.” As chief detective Hoyt wasted little time in hiring all the Red Legs he could get his hands on. Another important document connected with Ewing and Hoyt found at the National Archives is a letter from Hoyt to Ewing, dated September 13, 1863. Hoyt writes “My letter of appointment dating back to your assumption of command of this military district, was destroyed by fire at the sacking of Lawrence by Quantrill. As I am about to be mustered into U.S. Service (15th Kansas or Jennison’s Red Legs) I respectfully resign my position as a detective of this district.” Hoyt and his Red Legs were major participants in carrying out Order Number 11. It would appear then that George Caleb Bingham was not to far off the mark in his indictment of Ewing. For more information please see "Better Off In Hell" The Evolution of the Kansas Red Legs by Matt Matthews and Kip Lindberg, North & South magazine Vol.5 Number 4.

Name:

AMY ANDERSON LUCAS

Email:

lucasamy@aol.com

email2:

 

Date:

11/29/2003

Comments

I AM RESEARCHING THE ANDERSON FAMILY TREE, ALL THAT I KNOW IS THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM THOMAS ANERSON HAD A UNCLE THAT LIVED OUT WEST BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM ANDERSON AKA (BLOODY BILL ANDERSON). IF YOU OR ANY ONE ELSE KNOWS OF THEIR FAMILY OR WHERE THEY LIVED PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

 

Name:

Matt Huggins

Email:

mhuggins

email2:

sitedesignmd.com

Date:

11/07/2003

Comments

I enjoy your website.

Name:

Marie Simmons

Email:

gbodom

email2:

ellijay.com

Date:

10/25/2003

Comments

hi this marie, my mom and grandmother is part of the jesse james family,my grandmother's maiden name was james.my mother Sheila has told me alot about the james family,and it really is interesting to be able to learn about our family history.

Name:
Sheila Odom
Email:
gbodom
email2:
ellijay.com
Date:
10/25/2003

Comments

Hi my name is Sheila Odom, i am part of the jesse james family,and i am real proud to be part ofthe james family

 

Name:
Terry N. Albin
Email:
t.n.albin
email2:
adelphia.net
Date:
10/24/2003

Comments

Your site was very informative! I'm trying to find any thing on Josuha, John, and Noah Estes who rode with the Quantrill Raiders for my genealogy research. These men are possibly related to my family and would like to find out more about them. Any information would be helpful! Please feel free to email me if you can help, Thanks!

Name:
    kathy hoblit
Email:
    kshaol.com
email2:
Date:
    10/22/2003
Comments
I was looking for family connections with mimms,and found your great Web site. I'm reading a book Desperate Men about the James Gang and the Wild Bunch by James D Horan. I started working on My Family Tree and came accross an Uncle Alfred Angel,married to a Almarie Christen. Her mother was a Mimms. Cameron, Mc Daniles,are names that appear in this book. Cameron is a town named after GGGgrandparent,and other names I'm connecting with in this book not sure how they will all relate. Read this book it tells about the Lawrence Massacre, Quantrill's raiders,how the Pinkerton Agency was born.

Name:
    Sam Kramer
Email:
    tsp785
email2:
    juno.com
Date:
    10/21/2003
Comments
Great web site. Being from St. Louis and having a Union Soldier ancestor makes your site a superb teaching tool and reference as well as easy to read.

Name:
    Staci McFarland
Email:
    staci_mcfarland
email2:
    sbcglobal.net
Date:
    10/19/2003
Comments
I have been told for years that my grandmother was a direct relation of one of the Younger brothers but I have not found a site to verify any info that I have but I did find this website quite interesting and informative.

Name:
    Jimi Smith
Email:
    jsmith0978
email2:
    aol.com
Date:
    10/11/2003

Comments

I am related somehow, not positive how, to the Daltons. I recently found out that they were first cousins to the Youngers. If anyone has info on how to find out if I am also related to the Youngers, which we believe we are, please email me. thanks, Jimi

 
Name:
MICKEY DIXON
Email:
amdixon1016msn.com
email2:
 
Date:
10/06/2003

Comments

VERY EXCELLENT

 
Name:
Maureen Kavanaugh
Email:
oconnorkavanaugh
email2:
yahoo.com
Date:
09/29/2003

Comments

Your website has been extremely helpful to me as I have been gathering information for my Historic Art & Architecture Walking Tours of Downtown St, Louis. It's a fascinating site to visit and well done. Thank you for making it accessible.

 
Name:
Julie Swanstone
Email:
ds5peoplepc.com
email2:
 
Date:
09/23/2003

Comments

I found your site very interesting, I grew up hearing the story about Bill Anderson and the battle at Sambo Slough or Flat Rock Ford. My mother said it was faught on her great grandfathers farm near Carrollton, Mo. His name was Andrew Richard Elder (wife Katherine Cannon,Elder). He was away in the war as was my other great great granfather Asceal Brookover(underCapt. Tom Cary) who live near by(across the creek), his wife Ann Atherton Brookover was made to cook for Bill's gang at gun point. Before they got to the cabin they shot a man named Winfrey, he was deph and dumb, they asked him a question, he didn't answer so they shot him, cut off his head and sat it on a fence post. After they had finished their meal at the house, they shot a hole in the mantel clock and it still has the hole in it today. My Aunt who live in Virginia has the clock. Ann and a neighbor lady draged the body of Mr.Winfrey into the cabin and prepared him for burial. My father says that he saw the blood stains on the cabin floor when he was a boy and he was born in 1923. The cabin burned later on. Caleb Ross Brookover was a young boy and remembered hearing the shots fired at the battle of Flat Rock Ford. I am also related to James Warren who was shot by Bloody Bill Anderson or some one in Anderson's gang. He was waiting for a steamboat at Hills Landing near Carrollton, he was going back to his regiment when he was shot an killed, he was 33, married and left three children behind.

Name:
judith anne grant
Email:
jagrant88
email2:
hotmail.com
Date:
09/19/2003

Comments

interesting to find out a bit of history on my dad's (william samuel grant II) hometown. I live in montreal. judy grant

Name:
Gabe
Email:
gabe32755
email2:
aol.com
Date:
09/14/2003

Comments

Hi, i have moved from the KC area down to the ST Lou. area. Have not done CW in a couple years now but am now looking for a confederate battallion, to sign up with. This is who i reenacted with in the KC area. thanks Send info to my email address.

 
Name:
Todd Cole Younger
Email:
tcole001usa.net
email2:
 
Date:
09/06/2003

Comments

Very good information.

Name:
Carol Maples
Email:
budandcarolldd.net
Date:
09/01/2003

Comments

I have found more information on my great-great uncle than I have ever been given. I am still seeking more information on John Abshire.

Name:
Dee Ferguson Sutton
Email:
schooner
email2:
softcom.net
Date:
08/31/2003

Comments

This is just an update on my Thomas Robert Ferguson. In the Richard C. Peterson, James E. McGhee, Kip A. Lindberg and Keith I. Daleen, Sterling Price's Lieutenants: A Guide to the Officers and Organizations of the Missouri State Guard, 1861-1865 (Shawnee Mission, KS: Two Trails Publishing, 1995) pg. 148, Captain Thomas R. Furguson is shown as Surgeon of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, of the Guard. Source of information is a Officer Roster of the Fourth Division located at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City. The roster shows Thomas was appointed 8 Sept 1861. This was sent to me by James E. McGhee on June 20, 2002

Name:
Nicholas Sherman
Email:
N_Faber_222yahoo.com
email2:
yahoo.com
Date:
08/30/2003

Comments

My great great Grandfather Genral Willam T Sherman is one of my favorite american heros. no not just becuase he is my family but because his faith in country never died. he saw the hororr of war and he did not glory it he knew that it should never been fought. i feel the same war is hell even though some times it is only way to resolve things it should not be done. never should a fellow american raise his rifle toward anthor american. that is madness and tratior like. i respect those on both sides that fought in the civil war. but you know that it is horrible that we the united states of america now i do not care if you support the south side or the north side just know this. this america freedom os speech even though we have that freedom we should not use it in bad ways such as the south saying that the north or my great great grandfather was the devil. i could say the same of the battle in which 500 union soliders surrender and the confedrates thought that killing 500 men with no weapons made them big shots. no i am sorry i will not say that i support the war but i deftinaly do not support a confedrate flag or a confedrate symbol. The war is done get over it the south lost no one can change that. no on can change war after it is fought over 150 years ago. we are americans in our country time of need we need not to forget our american ancoesters but think of the same courage and grace. most of them had to say the war is over thank god. let us live in peace in this wonderful country of ours. America is never known for the northern states or southern states but all of them so powerful but so great that united they can acheive any thing. you see if we contue to fight against each other like i see southners talking crap about the north or the northners talking crap about the south. they need realize that they are brothers even though brothers can disagrue with each other they still protect each other as america does for not just north not just south but for both and for the rest of our great nation. Nicholas Sherman If any one does not agree with my commet i applogize and if you want to tell me yours please do so at N_Faber_22yahoo.com Thank you

Name:
Loretta Tingle
Email:
emt4life
email2:
pathfinder-unlimited.com
Date:
08/30/2003

Comments

I notice that there is no mention of the Coffeeville, Kansas raid. My husband's great grandfather witnesses this raid from the hay loft of the livery stabel. He had accompanied his dad, William Tingle on a freight run and was in the loft at the time. Still looking for any info on the Tingles of Mo. Thanks

Name:
Loretta Tingle
Email:
emt4life
email2:
pathfinder-unlimited.com
Date:
08/30/2003

Comments

We are trying to trace my husbands family and the stories we have heard. Of them is one about the James boys mother staying at the Tingle fram after she was burned out and of a retarded brother that was killed in that fire. They lived in and around jasper county and their name was William Tingle and Sarah McKee Tingle(also married to Elizabeth McKee after Sarah died. He was my husband's GreatGreat Grandfather. He and a man named Jorgenson (?) found the lead that is now Eagle Pitcher) William was the one who brought Dr. Joplin to Leadville for the collera emidemic. They had a float on the James river and William and a brother Robert (?) had a freight company and were part of the underground railroad. He also gave some acreage to the State for Peace Church Cemetary (although that is claimed by anotheer family now) after a battle on his property where the white bodies were removed but no the black soldiers. Any info you may have would be og a great help in our efforts to trace the family. Thank you. Please help if you can. I look forward to the disc and its info. Sincerely Loretta Tingle

Name:
Loretta Tingle
Email:
emt4life
email2:
pathfinder-unlimited.com
Date:
08/30/2003

Comments

We are trying to trace my husbands family and the stories we have heard. Of them is one about the James boys mother staying at the Tingle fram after she was burned out and of a retarded brother that was killed in that fire. They lived in and around jasper county and their name was William Tingle and Sarah McKee Tingle(also married to Elizabeth McKee after Sarah died. He was my husband's GreatGreat Grandfather. He and a man named Jorgenson (?) found the lead that is now Eagle Pitcher) William was the one who brought Dr. Joplin to Leadville for the collera emidemic.\ They had a float on the James river and William and a brother Robert (?) had a freight company and were part of the underground railroad. He also gave some acreage to the State for Peace Church Cemetary (although that is claimed by anotheer family now) after a battle on his property where the white bodies were removed but no the black soldiers. Any info you may have would be og a great help in our efforts to trace the family. Thank you. Please help if you can. I look forward to the disc and its info. Sincerely Loretta Tingle

Name:
Juan Sáez
Email:
ptrolycos.es
email2:
 
Date:
08/27/2003

Comments

Congratulations! You have a beautiful web page. Yes, A great Work! Greetings from Cádiz, Spain. J. Sáez

Name:
William Clifton Mansfield, III
Email:
cliffmansearthlink.net
 
 
Date:
08/24/2003

Comments

Born 1957, William Clifton Mansfield, III. Grandfather's on father's side Mansfield, on Grandmother's side Morgan. Have family bible with many Cole's and also have Sherman's on mother side from HO. Born in Lexington, Kentucky: Fayette County. Would like your comments so that I can send you scanned copies from the family Bible about the Cole family, one of which was pushed over the hillside in a wagon to hide the murder in the 1800's. My family didn't speak much of the Coles and the Youngers, yet the family tree is quite obvious to me. Believe it or not, howdy duty.

 
Name:
Elaine Webb
Email:
ElaineWebb2aol.com
Date:
05/14/2003

Comments

This has been very interesting, thank you for allowing me to read this.

Name:
kmg
Email:
chulamexicana_13yahoo.com
Date:
05/12/2003

Comments

Hello, I am a student doing a research project on the Lawrence Massacre and i was having trouble finding Some of the info. I needed. Here are the questions- ~What are lasting results of the massacre and what had happened to Quantrill after the massacre?~ Thanxs bunches

Name:
K.Welch
Email:
historybuff61hotmail.com
Date:
05/06/2003

Comments

I have been studying Civil War history for years. Being from the St.Louis area I am always interested in finding CW sites of this region. This site is a goldmine of information for me that I have just run across.I'm looking forward to returning again and again. Great Job

Name:
Taja Cunningham
Email:
lilfizzluvsme4eva1989
Date:
05/06/2003

Comments

Hello. I'm a student at Pierce Middle School and I'm doing a social studies project on the Civil War. I was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions for me. 1.) When do the reenactors meet? 2.) What do you'll discuss at your meetings? 3.) How can someone become a reenactor? 4.) What type of amunition do you use? 5.) Why are you a reenactor? 6.) Why did you become a reenactor? Thankyou for all of your cooperation. Please answer these questions ASAP.IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE YOUR RESPONSES BEFORE MAY 20!!!!!

Afraid we can't help--we're not reenactors and know very little about it. Try searching Google, there are quite a number of good sites by and about reenactors.

 

Name:
Ginny
Email:
ggineilcybertrails.com
Date:
05/03/2003

Comments

This website is really wonderful. There is so much her I want to read and can't right now. Will come back for sure! I got here looking for information on the MO 12th infantry, Union side, and then found the pages on Frank James. Do you know what his business was in later years? My grandfather was a VP of Southwestern Bell, and he always said he often had lunch in some hotel downtown with Frank James!! He had become a prominent businessman in St. Louis, but I can't find anything about him after his acquittal. Thanks for your great website. Ginny in AZ

Frank James worked at an assortment of odd jobs--shoe salesman, starter at races... a variety of jobs. He appears on the 1900 census in St. Louis. Though Frank James' jobs were usually fairly menial, he was still more than a bit of a celebrity and could easily have run across, and had lunch with, someone like your grandfather.

Name:
Moncia
Email:
naparose14aol.com
Date:
05/01/2003

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Name:
Chris
Email:
DemonBehindGlasshotmail.com
Date:
05/01/2003

Comments

I'm a direct desecdent of the Youngers, just thought I'd tell you I like your site, always looking for good info. thanks

Name:
Clint Younger
Email:
clintsocket.net
Date:
04/25/2003

Comments

How old was Cole Younger when he died?

72 years, 2 months, 6 days

Name:
Rae Lin Murray
Email:
silverraen9hotmail.com
Date:
04/25/2003

Comments

I was born in Palmyra,and I like your web site so that I can show my children the history of were I was born and raised.

 
Name:
Nancy Cole Corbett
Email:
corbettnuncw.edu
Date:
04/17/2003

Comments

I know that I am related to Zerelda Cole. I believe that it is by William Yates Cole. Do you know anything about him? My grandfather was Walter Lee Cole and he lived in Harrodsburg Ky, but was from Woodford County KY. My father still lives in Harrodsburg and is 82 year young. His name is Donald Lee Cole. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Nancy

Name:
Meg
Email:
Date:
04/17/2003

Comments

Hey thanks alot for the site it helped me to research John Charles Fremont!!! I want to say hi to all of my bestestestest friends....lol!

Name:
Email:
Date:
04/17/2003

Comments

Your site helped me with my report Thanks!!! and i want to say hi to all of my friends :)

Name:
Zack Kilbourne
Email:
kilacutty69hotmail.com
Date:
04/14/2003

Comments

i thought that jesse james was very interesting and i'm glad that i picked this person to do a web page about for my school. i'm taking intro to internet and this is what we have to do. I wanna say hi to all my friends from Morley Stanwood High School!!!!

Name:
Fay Deal
Email:
faydealpie.midco.net
Date:
04/01/2003

Comments

My grandfather was Orrin Hineline,from SD, his father was Charles Hineline from Ohio and we have traced them back to Mathias Heinlein, spelling was changed somewhere along the line. Would like to commuicate with somebody who is related or doing research on the Hinelines. We have also traced somebody back to the Revolutionary War.

Take a look at the Genealogy and Ancestry article on our other website at http://www.robertaheinlein.com . Science Fiction author Robert A Heinlein (from Butler, Missouri) was a direct descendent of Mathias Heinlein.

Name:
Email:
salojowimounet.com
Date:
03/24/2003

Comments

This is a wonderful site! Thank you.

Name:
nwanee
Email:
nawavhoql.com
Date:
03/21/2003

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Name:
lynn gorges
Email:
Date:
03/17/2003

Comments

I recently read ENEMY WOMEN. I knew nothing about this portion of the Civil War. Reading that lead me to your site. It is very interesting and very well done.

Name:
Stacey Blankenship
Email:
statonethearchway.com
Date:
03/16/2003

Comments

I'm so glad you put up this site. Its Great! I am also writing a book about a free black woman who falls in love with a confederate soldier while caring for him in the infirmary at Gratiot Street Prison. Need more info on nurses and freed slaves who worked or volunteered in the prison. I'm interested in the untold stuff that needs to be told.

Name:
jessie james
Email:
Date:
03/14/2003

Comments

cole younger was my far cousin well kind of . he ran with jesse james and i am the 7th generation of him. i was just wanting to learn about some of my family background. jessie james

Name:
Email:
Date:
03/09/2003

Comments

a very good account of the trial of frank james

Name:
BOB&THELMA YOUNGER
Email:
muffin43charter.net
Date:
02/22/2003

Comments

reading about the Youngers

Name:
Francis
Email:
tiprtmanaol.com
Date:
02/22/2003

Comments

I was told that my great greatfather fought in the Civil War. He was in the Confederate Army. His name was Rubin Bloomfield. How can I find information on his unit and any record of him?

Name:
caroline sexton
Email:
wintermuseaol.com
Date:
02/06/2003

Comments

I have long adored the James-Younger saga and the James' brothers in particular. I would love to visit their birth place and ride the trails that heir short lives took them on. There was a record album made by a group of country western singers about the James Gang...I would love to purchase this item. If ANYONE has any information about this record, PLEASE email me post haste. Faithfully, Caroline

Name:
Janelle Fisher Williams
Email:
janelle_williamsonebox.com
Date:
01/27/2003

Comments

VERY INTERESTING !!

Name:
Heather Smith
Email:
urlilangel_69_2004
Date:
01/21/2003

Comments

I just want to tell you guys how good ya'll did on this. I really love Jesse James he is like my idol. If you haven't ever seen the movie American Outlaw then you really should because it's a great movie, but once again I just want to tell you guys that this is the best information that I have yet to find on Jesse Woodson James.

Name:
Mark Herbert
Email:
Date:
01/19/2003

Comments

Hey there. My wife and I are from St. Louis and are stationed down here in Georgia. Found your website by accident but am glad I did. A graduate of UMSL, I did my Senior Thesis on the Olive Street Massacre and the Camp Jackson Affair in 1861. Your site is a great resource for those of us who love early American history and especially the western theatre of the Civil War. Keep up the good work!

Name:
gill
Email:
lckttgl7'AOL.COM
Date:
01/12/2003

Comments

I AM DESCENDED FROM THE SHEARS AND MARTHA LOUISE SHEARS BORN 20TH MAY 1879 SLATE CREEK WEST VIRGINIA .DIED 10TH FEBUARY 1958.MARRIED YHORNTON BASIE 1899. IS THERE A CONNECTION TO THE FAMOUS JAMES FAMILY. HER FATHER WAS CHARLES SHEARS AND HER MOTHER WAS MARGARET HOPKINS.HOPE TO ENJOY VISITING HERE THANKYOU FOR LETTING ME VISIT THIS SITE MUCH REGARDS GILL

Name:
joann
Email:
grandmajosycenturytel.net
Date:
01/11/2003

Comments

this was very interesting

Name:
Dallas Hill
Email:
dehill75hotmail.com
Date:
01/08/2003

Comments

Sorry I forgot to tell when I got this Book it was in Aug 1970

Name:
Dallas Hill
Email:
dehill75hotmail.com
Date:
01/08/2003

Comments

I Enjoyed Reading this About Jesse I Have A Letter From Stella James I have had it Sence 1958 She tells about Jesse and where Jesse E is Buried in Cal and about there Grand Children.I have heard about Jesse all my Life and to me he was a good American Citizen who Stood up for his Rights and that is why he was Called and Outlaw. I Also have A book wrote by Rudy Turilli about J Frank Dalton I won;t part with it It would Take a lot of money to get This Inf from me. I would like to have and email add of Jesse James IV So I could write him.Rudy Turilli I have met I Spent a hole day with him in Mo. Dallas Hill 553 price Switch Rd Jackson Oh 45640 dehill75hotmail.com

Name:
Kent Dicus
Email:
kenttdicusaol.com
Date:
01/06/2003

Comments

Very interesting website! My grandfather, Todd Menzies George of Lee's Summit, Missouri, wrote two books that detail his personal friendship with Cole Younger, which flourished after his (Cole's) release from the Minnesota prison. Thank you for preserving this important part of United States history.

Name:
Nathan Kincade
Email:
nathankincadeearthlink.net
Date:
01/04/2003

Comments

I just visited your site and it was very nice. I am a relative of the younger brothers. My Grandmother is Ruby (Helen) Younger, My uncle's were John Thomas Younger and Fletcher (Cole) Younger.

Name:
Jerry McCoy
Email:
jerrykmccoyearthlink.net
Date:
12/13/2002

Comments

It was very interesting to ready about my great grandfather Arthur C. McCoy. Your article listed details that I was not aware. thanks Jerry

Name:
hi
Email:
hi
Date:
12/12/2002

Comments

i am god

Name:
me
Email:
Date:
12/12/2002

Comments

im god

Name:
Darrell L. McCoy
Email:
Hapyone238hotmail.com
Date:
12/10/2002

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very informative. i enjoyed your website. would like to know if all of the McCoy's and the variations of this name are related in some way. Such as the McCoy's of Scotland, Ireland, Cooke Islands, and the various parts of the US. who was the originator of the McCoy's in the US. Scottish or Irish or both. I know how the one got to Cooke Islands. just wondering how we ended up here. There is a McCoy hill in Durante Ok as i am sure there are many places bearing the McCoy name, what is the true coat of arms, or do we have many from centuries past. So far i have seen three. Two Irish and one Scottish. Thank you, McCoy, DL USMC

Name:
Shiann
Email:
Date:
12/09/2002

Comments

Needs more info on steamboats!

Name:
CARL L MOORE
Email:
tnrebelinyahoo.com
Date:
12/05/2002

Comments

Hello, Great site... passed the address on to my old grp from Viet~Nam... My Page http://www.geocities.com/southern_national/CLMooreGioLinh.html ....We have some Civil War buffs...and a few ol Rebels ...like me! so it will be enjoyed Carl

Name:
Email:
sunnybj1957inebraska.com
Date:
11/22/2002

Comments

My aunt did a great job on researching our family tree. I read it with a great admoration. I discovered we had a james in our family back in the 1800. I started my own family tree of the Smith and Miller families. And I found Smiths Miller and Shelton's in the James Family. I was thrilled. I found your web site and It helped me to find the Younger gang family tree. I love this site. It is rich with information. I never knew the names of any of the gang out side of the James,Daltons and Youngers. I now see there is a Miller in ther. Smile. I want to see if this man is related as well.Great job on the site.

Name:
John H Hollingshead
Email:
DogZeldaaol.com
Date:
11/18/2002

Comments

I think this is really great.

Name:
Rich Ferguson
Email:
rferguson44hotmail.com
Date:
11/07/2002

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Does anybody out there have any information about the possibility of Jesse and Frank James traveling/staying in North Dakota after the Northfield,Mn raid of 1876? I talked to a man recently who tells a story about the James brothers staying in Devil's Lake, North Dakota after the Northfield raid. My mother tells a story of a relative who believes Jesse James stopped by their farm and asked for some food/help outside of Manvel, North Dakota. Can anybody shead some light on these stories? Many thanks Rich Ferguson

Name:
Claiborne Scholl Nappier
Email:
Seasnappieraol.com
Date:
10/25/2002

Comments

Neat site, filled with info. I am the greatgrandson of George Thomas Scholl who rode with Quantrill and Anderson. Georges brother Boone Scholl rode with Quantrill also and is in Edwards great book. The boarder war period is a facinating study and I am looking forward to several new books comming out soon on the subject. Both factual and thought provoking.

Name:
Dorris Hollis
Email:
dorrisgte.net
Date:
10/07/2002

Comments

I believe I am a descendant of Younger brothers through my Grandmother Mamie Belle (Evans) Harvey born 7/28/1885. Any tie up please email me at gte.net">dorrisgte.net

The "outlaw" Younger brothers--Cole, Jim, Bob--had been in prison in Minnesota nearly ten years by 1885 with no other brothers of theirs living. They had no known offspring. They had several sisters who had children, however. The Youngers were, also, from a large family with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Try posting a query at the Younger GenForum.

Name:
Rico Carerra
Email:
riccarrmindspring.com
Date:
09/27/2002

Comments

Great site; keep up the good work!

Name:
Carol Easter
Email:
digitalcarolhotmail.com
Date:
09/27/2002

Comments

William Easter was my great-grandfather. Born William Henry Easter 4 Nov. 1861 in Osage County, KS. Married Ella Ellen Snider 13 Nov. 1884 in Abilene. Until now, I thought all was family hooey. James Gang-wise. Tonight, I got caught up in the re-showing of Ken Burn's "Civil War," and thought about my "Civil War" era Easters. The talk at the family table was: "Oh yeah, Grandpa ran with the James Gang. More like he circumstantially rode into to Liberty with the "Gang." It was like, he was a joke. Either he was involved, or very embarrassed for being arrested. This is the first time I have ever come acoss this is print. I had chocked it up to family folk tales. Which can be substantial in an ordinary family gathering. Yo, but was he really arrested? Carol Easter. hadI'd

The reference (mentioned on the Robberies page) is from Marley Brandt's The Outlaw Youngers: A Confederate Brotherhood. In it she actually says that warrants were issued for the arrests of those three men for the Liberty robbery but only one--James Couch--was actually arrested and soon released. Unfortunately her source on this information is not footnoted.

It sounds like your family story certainly has a basis in truth, however the actual details may play out--whether he really was involved with the robbery or whether that arrest warrant was the basis of the remembrance. If you look into his wartime history and activities, you may be able to find out if he had any guerrilla connections to the other participants in the Liberty robbery (which wasn't so much a "James" gang robbery as it was a guerrilla raid continuation of the war in that area).

Name:
Robert E. Lee
Email:
elephantnotesmindspring.com
Date:
09/22/2002

Comments

this site is dumb there are no pictures of guns that were used during the civil war

Well... if that's the criteria for a good website you must find the vast majority of the web a very bleak and disappointing place!

Name:
Susie Martin-rott
Email:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamusca2/index.html
Date:
09/22/2002

Comments

What a fabulous website!!

Thanks. Susie runs the Muscatine County Iowa Genealogy Home Page.

Name:
Joe Kinnamon
Email:
kinatrpaol.com
Date:
09/19/2002

Comments

I am trying to locate Edie May whom wrote to the web site on July 24,2002. The e-mail address that was used is not correct at the present time. Any assistance would be greatlly appreciated.

Name:
Jonathan Bradley Hoehn
Email:
hoehnjbaol.com
Date:
09/18/2002

Comments

My G-G Grandfather's brother, Henry Sidle, was killed by the explosion on the Sultana. He was a Private in Company F, 102nd Infantry Regiment Ohio. He was also a POW at Cahaba.

Name:
Nadine Wilson
Email:
Deenyw28aol.com
Date:
09/16/2002

Comments

My paternal great-grndfather, Francis Marion Wilson, Private Co. I, King's Regt, 35th Arkansas Infantry was captured at Little Rock 10 September 1863 and received at Gratiot 14 October 1863. He died of Smallpox 17 April 1864 and it is reported that he was "buried on the Island, from whence the remains were subsequently removed to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, the individual graves not being identifiable at the time of the removal.” Can anyone tell me where this island was located and when the remains were removed to jeffeson Barracks National Monument, and their location there? Very informative site, by the way.

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Email:
reasley77hotmail.com
Date:
09/15/2002

Comments

I will be visiting your city as a re-enactor for the palmyra massacre,my 13 yr.old daughter will be with me.She wants to know if there are any ghost tells from this time period.If so where can we find out about them.This is the part of re-enacting she enjoys the most,thanks for your hotmail.com">time.reasley77hotmail.com

I haven't run across any ghost stories. Try the Palmyra Public Library--a search on Google should lead you to them.

Name:
William Reidenbaugh
Email:
greidensprintmail.com
Date:
09/12/2002

Comments

I am a family genealogist and Frederick Reidenbach, Benton Twp, Osage Co. is my great great grandfather. I knew that he enlisted in the Union Army 13 Aug 1861 and his death was listed as accidental, December 1861, St. Louis Mo. To say the least, the article from the St. Louis newspaper dated December 27, 1861, was an answer to a question that I have been researching. If you could let me know which of the papers the article was in, and how I might obtain the entire article, I would sincerely appreciate it.

Name:
Jesse Estes
Email:
ksconfedkansas.net
Date:
09/04/2002

Comments

Really nice site. I had relatives Joshua, John, and Noah Estes who rode with Quantrill and Anderson. I feel close to Confederate Missouri. I will visit your site often.

Name:
Phil Smith
Email:
phillip.smithkilleenisd.org
Date:
09/03/2002

Comments

Just surfing through in search of information on civil war steamboats.

Name:
Michael Walker
Email:
Lthgrfx1hotmail.com
Date:
08/31/2002

Comments

Have created a deeply moving civil war lithograph featuring original poetry that depicts two brothers meeting and dying together on a civil war battlefield on Christmas day, 1863 and would like to inquire as to renting a button on your site that I might share this tragic tribute with your patronage. Thanks for your time and consideration. MKWalker

Name:
Ben Louden Jr,
Email:
Date:
08/26/2002

Comments

Have enjoyed these pages thank you for info. on Louden.

Name:
effie gulley
Email:
bakereffiehotmail.com
Date:
08/26/2002

Comments

i am effie gulley,try to find somethank on a,john gulley,and nancy emily kilburd. die nov 10 1863 at gratiot prison,st,louis,mo is there some way you can help. thank you effie gulley.i live in roach mo.10292 state road j. roach mo.65787

Gulley, John H - guerrilla, Franklins - captured Knox Co., MO 25 Oct 1862. Sent to Alton Prison 6 Dec 1862

Gully, John - private, Hawthorns - captured Little Rock 10 Sept1863, died 14 Nov 1863.

Nothing found on Nancy Emily Kilburd.

D. H. Rule

Name:
John F Settich
Email:
JFSettichaol.com
Date:
08/24/2002

Comments

Dear Sir/Madam: I want to locate and buy a copy of William Earl Parrish's 1961 book entitled "David Rice Atchison of Missouri". I am a native St. Louisan who now teaches political science at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. Can you help me, please? John F. Settich

If you go to the bottom of our front page you will find a search box for
abebooks (that is Advanced Book Exchange) a network of thousands of used
book dealers. Type "Parrish" in the Author box and "Atchison" in the title
box and then hit enter. There is only one and it is $65, so it depends on
just how bad you want it. ABE is the best site in the world for that kind
of thing.

Name:
Sharon Braun
Email:
nellyjoanearthlink.net
Date:
08/16/2002

Comments

I am posting this again in hopes you will have the time to answer two questions I have on the Civil War and your web page: 1. The picture on your web page looks exactly like a colored lithograph I've had for years entitled "St Louis from the Illinois shore, showing proposed bridge - 1855'...can you give me some information on this ??? 2. I have been doing genealogy on my great grandfather because he was in the Missouri or Illinois Home Guard [lived in Columbia, IL]. My grandfather and my father belonged to an SUV organization [my father still has the book of bylaws] called Camp No. 5, General C.D. Wolff, Sedalia, MO...With no success I have contacted Sedalia's Historical Society, the downtown library, and SUV's national headquarters. My father is 85 and remembers that they met at Gambrini Hall on Braodway in St Louis and they put flags on all Union Veterans graves and shot a volley every Memorial Day. Thanks for anything you can give me on this...

The color picture on the main page is a created picture. It's from a piece
of old black and white stationery I found on the Library of Congress site,
the view of St. Louis clipped out and electronically colorized. If you
search the pictures and maps at the Library of Congress site you'll find
many views of the city, maybe the one you have or similar.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

  For your other question, start with MOLLUS at
http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/Index.htm . If they don't have the info, they
may well have the links that will lead you to it.
 

Name:
GUYMAN_ADE
Email:
MUGUMUGU.COM
Date:
08/08/2002

Comments

I VISSITED THIS SITE THANKS.

Name:
Michael Johnson
Email:
Doc82ftc-i.net
Date:
08/08/2002

Comments

As a Descendant,member,former webmaster for the Association of Sultana Descendants and Friends I found the story in North & South magazine article "Sultana: A Case for Sabotage." (Issue 5.1, December 2001) to be a pleasing jaunt into the land of fiction and conjecture. I am in no way meaning to step on toes, but I have been researching the disaster for many years, and IMHO the story does not and can not hold up to the light of day. Captain Mason was reported to have said "I'd give up all the proceeds from this trip, to get these men home alive" He as well as the first engineer knew the boilers were in trouble. This is well documented. But, again it was a nice story, and I tip my hat to the Author. Michael Johnson Sumter, S.C. Great, Great Nephew of Private Lewis Johnson 9th Indiana Cav. Cahaba & Sultana survivor.

Name:
Phillys sullivan
Email:
phillyskfidnet.com
Date:
08/06/2002

Comments

Trying to find out information about Sterling Price in 1864, at Franklin County Missouri, in Union, Missouri. A women was raped by some of Prices mens and I'm trying to get the details. Any help would be Thankful For Phillys

Name:
Lori
Email:
Date:
08/05/2002

Comments

I am overwhelmed with information from your site ! I had no idea St. Louis was so divided and so involved in the Civil War . I always thought most of the war was fought in the southern states or in the east .... St. Louis seemed to be the port of both Union and Confederate supplies . It is mind-boggling to think a city would accomidate both sides . I know St. Louis and when I read the familiar street names I envision the Gratiot Street Prison , Castleman Street ( I hope it wasn't named for J.B.Castleman ), Wharf Street and Carondelet and think of the people and events which have happened in the area . It is so sad that we stooped to the depths of neighbor against neighbor , brother against brother . I will continue reading your site OFTEN and pray nothing like this ever happens again . Thank-you from the very depths of my being . I also pray there is a memorial for the SULTANA , the worst maritime disaster on American soil , but of course not forgetting also the other steamers that were destroyed during that period in history .You both have done a wonderful thing for the history of our country . I hope everyone visiting your site absorbs the meaning of the CIVIL WAR . Forever grateful for the knowledge you have given me .

[Thanks!]

Name:
Laura Arriaga-Benson
Email:
arriaga25earthlink.net
Date:
08/04/2002

Comments

Hey! Finally got a chance to peek at your web site. I'll come back and investigate it more thoroughly soon! Laura

Name:
Jesse Estes
Email:
ksconfedkansas.net
Date:
08/01/2002

Comments

A Lot Of Information!! Boy, where do you start. I started in and after four changes of direction found I needed to look this over when I had all my Honey-Do's done. I was impressed by the amount of research and thought given to assembling this site! Very nice! from a descendent of one of Wm Andersons men.

Name:
Janette
Email:
godwingate.net
Date:
07/30/2002

Comments

This site is so full of information on the Youngers--it was a joy to read. The picture of Jim Younger when he was a young man--I have never seen it anywhere before and I thought I had seen all the available pictures of him in the Brant books. Wonder where it came from?? Excellent website! I can tell much time has been put into it.

[Those pictures of the Youngers would probably have been owned by Cole Younger--they were in an early edition of his autobiography]

Name:
bill elmquist
Email:
fiddleralltel.net
Date:
07/25/2002

Comments

always been interested in the border wars, your site has outstanding info.

Name:
Edie May
Email:
ediemayjuno.com
Date:
07/24/2002

Comments

Very nice site. My husbands gggrandfather perished on the Sultana. He had been a prisoner at Cahaba, Alabama and of course was on his way home to Marysville, TN. Samuel Kinnamon was with the 3rd Reg Tennessee Calvary, Co K.

Name:
Rose Mary Lankford
Email:
hickoryflatoutlawscenturytel.net
Date:
07/23/2002

Comments

I have researched Quantrill and his men for over 15 years now. I looked at the Outlaw part of your website. I would like to know if you have any information on J. F. Edmundson, who rode with Jesse James. Also, there were a couple men who was included in the first robbery at Liberty, Missouri, that I have been unable to locate any information about, and they are William Easter and Aaron Book. Like I stated, I have researched Quantrill's men and compiled my information into a book, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF QUANTRILL'S GUERRILLAS. Check my website out at www.geocities.com/outlaw72532/techie.html

Name:
Rose Mary Lankford
Email:
hickoryflatoutlawscenturytel.net
Date:
07/23/2002

Comments

I have researched Quantrill and his men for over 15 years now. I looked at the Outlaw part of your website. I would like to know if you have any information on J. F. Edmundson, who rode with Jesse James. Also, there were a couple men who was included in the first robbery at Liberty, Missouri, that I have been unable to locate any information about, and they are William Easter and Aaron Book. Like I stated, I have researched Quantrill's men and compiled my information into a book, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF QUANTRILL'S GUERRILLAS.

Name:
Kenneth Byrd
Email:
Date:
07/23/2002

Comments

Hi Deb - WOW!!!!!! Your website on Civil War St. Louis is GREAT!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to spending a lot of time here. Thanks very much for posting the info on my ggg-uncle Payne Byrd. Maybe this will help us figure out exactly what happened to him after he was sent to the smallpox hospital!!?!?!?! y.o.s., Kenneth Byrd, Indianapolis

Name:
Dan Bauer
Email:
dbauertds.net
Date:
07/16/2002

Comments

Having been born in St. Louis, and bring also a writer of Civil War Books I rreally enjoyed this site. It is very well done. Dan Bauer www.danbauer.com

Name:
Leslie Stewart
Email:
JLLESTEWARTmsn.com
Date:
07/10/2002

Comments

Thanx for all the great information that is contained on your site. I'm wondering if there might be a way for you to help me. My husband is somehow realted to Jesse and his brother, but we have never been able to find out how. His nana remebers them hiding out in their barn when she was a girl. She called them cousins, but we can't connect them. Do you have any information that could help me, or any idea where I could go to find some. Thanx for your help! Leslie Stewart

[Try posting a query at http://genforum.genealogy.com/james/ . If there's a relationship someone there is likely to recognize it--one lady is doing a Jesse James family genealogy book, too.]

Name:
Mason Emerson
Email:
masonnnnhotmail.com
Date:
06/30/2002

Comments

I appreciate your website.

Name:
Lori Orr
Email:
Date:
06/26/2002

Comments

I have found this website to be both informative and insightful. The history of the James-Younger gang could be more intricate, however.

[There are over 30 pages in the James-Younger area alone, which includes material that has not been made available to the public for nearly 130 years. There is also the full text of two scarce books, pictures of individuals of extreme rarity, and a great deal of original research--the material on Arthur McCoy is entirely original research and appears no where else. Material is added regularly as it becomes available.]

Name:
Jean Schodorf
Email:
jschodorfaol.com
Date:
06/20/2002

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Name:
Brian E. Dietz
Email:
hawkendnsonline.net
Date:
06/18/2002

Comments

Just wanted to see when you plan on making the Gratiot Street Prison Books by D.H.Rule available for purchase. By the way, my ancestor, William Longmire, was a prisoner there as well.

[No release date yet. It will be announced on the site, so check back]

Name:
elizabeth medina
Email:
eampotteraol.com
Date:
06/05/2002

Comments

it is very good but did anyone know where I can find a picture of an confederate coal?

[Yes, Vol. 5 Issue 1 of North & South magazine has a picture of confederate coal.  The very one found on Jeff. Davis desk when they evacuated Richmond. Back issues of the magazine are available at www.northandsouthmagazine.com.  Best. Geo Rule]

 

Name:
D. Leu
Email:
leudal2aol.com
Date:
05/23/2002

Comments

Great site. I am interested in informtion about my great uncle, Bill Ryan. Thank you.

Name:
Email:
CUTEGRL1602AOL.COM
Date:
05/21/2002

Comments

I THINK IT IS A SAD THING THAT ALL THESE WARS ARE HAPPENING TO ARE COUNTRY ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO FIGHT IN THESE BATTLES ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THANKS CAUSE YOU HELPED US OUT THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Admirable sentiments for our soldiers protecting us here and now. But you do realize that in the Civil War it was Americans fighting Americans?]

Name:
Jerry L.
Email:
Date:
05/19/2002

Comments

The website is done very well and is loaded with information. I particularly enjoyed the "Boatburners" articles. Several men and myself portray the Confederate Torpedo Service and Submarine Battery Service. We have about seventeen full sized, working, reproductions of Civil War Torpedoes. The "Coal Torpedo" is one of those torpedoes and always seems to interest the most amount of people. One of our members is co-author of a soon to be published book on Civil War Torpedo (mine) Warfare. We have been in contact and met Courtenay's decendant, and also have received many original torpedo fuses, wires, etc. which we display at some of our exhibits. We also portray Union Navy and exhibit some of the torpedoes they used including a full scale "Cushing Torpedo" complete with full lenght spar. The Union Boat Crew we portray, or at least a small part of it, is the USS Carondelet, so another thing we are interested and research is the Mississippi River War. Great site, take care and God bless.

Jerry L.

[Jerry L--thanks for your comments. Keep in touch, we may be able to share info]

Name:
Dan Bauer
Email:
dbauertds.net
Date:
05/17/2002

Comments

I was born in St.Louis and It was nice to learn new information. www.danbauer.com

[Dan Bauer is author of a Civil War novel--visit his web page for more info]

Name:
Jo Brown
Email:
Date:
05/16/2002

Comments

thi sit rul

Name:
Tiffany Peterson
Email:
petersontiffany69yahoo.com
Date:
05/15/2002

Comments

wus up ya'll

Name:
phill McCreevis
Email:
yellow river trib .com
Date:
05/15/2002

Comments

I love this site

Name:
Mitchell Esponda
Email:
Date:
05/15/2002

Comments

this site sucks

[We will keep your insightful and comprehensive critique on file for due consideration]

Name:
Krista
Email:
roxylover_101hotmail.com
Date:
05/10/2002

Comments

Your site is wonderful! I found most everything I needed for my collage and report for my social studies class. I really appreciate you making this site! Thanks again!

Name:
C.J. Kuehl
Email:
catvillecharter.net
Date:
05/03/2002

Comments

Just finished reading your account of the sabotage of the steamboat Sultana. My great-great-great grandfather, Samuel J. Thrasher, was one of the survivors of the disaster. Thanks for making the history come to life.

Name:
Mallory
Email:
Date:
05/02/2002

Comments

Cool site

Name:
MATT
Email:
SPIKERUNNERAOL.COM
Date:
05/02/2002

Comments

THE UNION WAS THE BEST SOUTH SLAVE OWNER STINK

[Picture the webmaster rolling her eyes in dismay, not only at the simplistic "Star Trek sucks/Star Wars rules" sentiments, but at your grammar! History is not a matter of making simple judgments of right and wrong but of delving into the reasons and motivations that made people act as they did and choose the path they did. Most of those who fought for the Confederacy did not own slaves, and never had, so why did they fight for the south? Many who fought for the south did not believe in slavery--John M. Wimer who died in battle as a Confederate colonel was a Free-Soiler and had been mayor of St. Louis as an Emancipation party candidate. Why did this anti-slavery man fight for the south? On the other side, many Union people did believe in slavery and were very much opposed to the Emancipation Proclamation. Why did they fight for the Union instead of the south? There were slave owners who were on the Union side. Why? While you may conclude that slavery was an evil thing--and I should hope you would!--you still need to come to understand why so many people at that time thought it was an acceptable thing to understand why they defended it. --D. H. Rule]

Name:
Civil War
Email:
eatmeyahoo.com
Date:
05/01/2002

Comments

this is a cool website. Go civil war people

Name:
David Miller
Email:
Date:
04/30/2002

Comments

I have always wanted to know more about the Civil War in Missouri, and in St. Louis in particular. I am happy to have this site as a start in my search for what happened here where I now live.

Name:
MELLISA HENDRICH
Email:
Date:
04/30/2002

Comments

THIS IS THE BEST!!!!!!!

Name:
Emily
Email:
Emilyakacuteyyahoo.com
Date:
04/29/2002

Comments

"Is it true that if a soilder's foot or leg was broken or cut nearly off would cut it off alltogether?"

And if there are can you ppplleeeaaassseee! show me!

THANK U SO MUCH!

[Sounds like you're looking for information on treatment of battle wounds in the Civil War, particularly amputations. That's not something we really deal with on this website. If you run a Google search on "Civil War amputations" you'll come up with some informative sites. Civil War Battlefield Medicine is one site with some good information. I can tell you off hand that, yes, amputation was a common treatment for such injuries depending on the severity--infection was a major problem and a compound fracture (broken limb where the bone protrudes from the skin) or when the bone was shattered would almost certainly result in infection and therefore become probably fatal. Lacking antibiotics, amputation was the most likely way to save the person's life.]

Name:
Elizabeth June Richards
Email:
ejrichardscharter.net
Date:
04/26/2002

Comments

This is an interesting site--thank you for sharing it. I am a 5th cousin (5x removed) of Frank and Jesse and 5th cousin (4x removed) of Zee Mimms James, learning more about them. I especially enjoyed the gravesite pictures. Elizabeth Richards

Name:
William Quantrill
Email:
Csabutternutyahoo.com
Date:
04/25/2002

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Name:
Mike Kehoe
Email:
mikehoevayahoo.com
Date:
04/23/2002

Comments

Looking for info on Elisha Lyons who suposedly died in 1863 at McDowell prison, thought to have been captured at Monegaw Springs, Mo in 1862. Can you enlighten me? Site was unexpected and interesting to come across.

[Did not find him listed in the microfilm Gratiot St. Prison records, nor in newspaper death records. If dates can be narrowed down St. Louis newspapers (available from the St. Louis Public Library) should contain arrival/death information. I found an Elisha Lyons listed as a CSA soldier for the state of Louisiana; if this is the correct person his service records from the National Archives (NARA) should contain the information. Also suggest you try Alton Prison records as many, especially enlisted men, were quickly moved from Gratiot to Alton. There were smallpox epidemics taking place at both prisons during 1863 that account for a considerable number of deaths.]

Name:
brittny garrels
Email:
kippeyworldhome.com
Date:
04/15/2002

Comments

I like your web site it is very interesting and imformittive!!!!!!!!!

Name:
Laura Kelahan
Email:
lalalkprtjuno.com
Date:
04/14/2002

Comments

Very interesting site. Any knowledge or writings of Major Philip Henry Murphy of the 29th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment? I am a great great granddaughter of Maj. Murphy's. Family lore states that his sword is or has been on display at Washington University - any suggestions as to how I can confirm this (keeping in mind that I am in the Buffalo, NY area). Also, are there any other descendants of members of the 29th out there or Murphy or O'Connor descendants? Also enjoyed the pictures of old St. Louis.

[Washington University has many connections to the Civil War. Union Major General John M. Schofield (then a captain on leave of absence) was teaching physics there when the war broke out, and was ordered back to duty as an enrolling officer to bring the Union Home Guards into Federal service.

 

Their website is at www.wustl.edu I didn't see any refs to your ancestor, but there are a great many email addresses there you could try. I would suggest starting with the archives at the library.

Best, G. E. Rule]

Name:
K. MCCOY--IRELAND
Email:
mailkmceircom.net
Date:
04/14/2002

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THANKS FOR A VERY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE SITE.I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR OTHER STORIES ABOUT MCCOYS AROUND THE WORLD - REGARDS, K MCCOY.

Name:
keith
Email:
confederateghosthotmail.com
Date:
04/10/2002

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love your site

Name:
John Brewster
Email:
brewstwmis.net
Date:
04/07/2002

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Has anyone seen any evidence of the James family, especially Frank, in southern Illinois? I have heard Stories of Frank as an old man in Hamilton County, specifical, McLeansboro. The "stories" say that the James family had a farm in the area.

John

[A good source for their documented movements is Frank and Jesse James: The Story Behind the Legend by Ted P. Yeatman. He's done excellent investigative research with good documentation. A source of knowledgeable people to ask quick questions is here: http://genforum.genealogy.com/james/ ]

Name:
Virginia Peithman Andreas-Lydon
Email:
ginni1mindspring.com
Date:
04/07/2002

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A great sight which I plan to view further. My Grandfather Smith and my G. Grandfather both fought in the Civil War. Thanks for this great sight.

Name:
Dee Ferguson Sutton
Email:
schoonersoftcom.net
Date:
04/06/2002

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Great site..you all have done a thorough job. My ancestor, Thomas Robert Ferguson received his medical training at the McDowell College. He too served in the Civil War, under Gen. Price, I've been told that is. To date I haven't found any proven data to the story, but I'm sure it must be true. He probably served as a minister and also a field doctor. He left Missouri right after the war and headed for Washington Co.,Arkansas, along with his wife family. His brother, Overton, served on the Union side. Such was the war where brothers fought against brothers and fathers. A great site...thanks for all the long hours to put it together. DFS

[I also didn't find any service records for him, but the story is likely to be true]

Name:
Briana
Email:
qqueen_mehotmail.com
Date:
04/06/2002

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I needed comments for a newspaper article about the civil war for class...thanks for helping me out--I very much appreciated it I really liked the boat-burning sabotage section

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Date:
04/06/2002

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My special interest is in the 1st Missouri Light Artilliary. Does anyone have access to rosters and activity of this group? Thanks. Mary <mickeymouserivnet.net>

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Date:
04/03/2002

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This is a very interesting, informational web site. Thank you for making this possible. I believe it is important to remember history and especially the Civil War.

P.S. We could've won

 

Name:
Kathy Weaver
Email:
Kzbergehotmail.com
Date:
03/26/2002

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Does anyone know who Martha Bolton's husband given name? Do you have photos of the Hite home in Kentucky. I hear it is still standing. Would like to know what stories you have from other families in Kentucky, Missouri,Tennessee...etc..about Jesse James and Frank James and the Hite brothers.

(couldn't find her husband's first name - suggest the James family Genforum for the other questions, many knowledgeable people there)

Name:
Ginny
Email:
ggineilcybertrails.com
Date:
03/19/2002

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I like the web site, but I could not find a place to ask my question. A story in my family was told that my great grandfather's house at 817 Hickory Street was once Civil War Hospital. Do you know where I might be able to verify that? Ginny

(can't confirm, but it's about 2 blocks from Gratiot St Prison and near Fremont's first headquarters, very possible. A query to the Missouri Historical Society may answer it, possibly a check of the City Directories for the war years)

Name:
none ya
Email:
still _none_yanoneya.com
Date:
03/18/2002

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hi

Name:
Hicklin A. Harrel, Jr.
Email:
kr4eparrl.net
Date:
03/16/2002

Comments

My great-grandfather, James Henderson CRAIN, was a prisioner at Gratiot Street Prison. His name does not appear on the "list." He was a member of the 3rd Missouri Cavalry, CSA.

If you have any information, please e-mail me.

Name:
Bob Stevens
Email:
bstevseasurf.net
Date:
03/14/2002

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I am surching for info on my ggrandfather, Everett Stevens, who was a river pilot on the mississippi river during the civil war. In the 1850's they lived in Wisconsin. In 1880 they show up in Vail, Iowa running a hotel. He had his eye put out on board a ship he was piloting during the civil war. Any help finding lists of river pilots????

Bob

Name:
fred flenstone
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Date:
03/14/2002

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this is cool

Name:
danny
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Date:
03/14/2002

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i like this web site i am at school.im on this web-site all the time.it helped me with my report.

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Date:
03/09/2002

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yes

Name:
Ronald Hawley
Email:
pot_head5664yahoo.com
Date:
03/05/2002

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this is a cool site

Name:
Gary L. Jarrette
Email:
jarret
Date:
03/03/2002

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Name:
            Michael Hammond
Email:
            rusticloghomesyahoo.com
Date:
            02/19/2002
Comments
Thanks for hosting this forum.
 


Name:
            James H. Coppedge
Email:
            grandpajimthe-i.net
Date:
            02/15/2002
Comments
My Great Grandpa William T. Coppedge (also spelled Coppage in the same records) was a prisoner at Gratiot Street Prison. I have some of the records. It shows that William T. Coppage was a private under Capt. Williams Company, Porters band. Roll of prisoners of War received and discharged at Gratiot Street Military Prison, St. Louis, Mo., From Nov. 1 to 16, 1862 Roll dated St. Louis, Dec. 13, 1862. Where Captured Monroe Co. Mo. When Oct. 2, 1862. Received Nov. 6, 1862. He was there until March (? 1st) 1863. He was a confederate in Company C. 1 Northeast Cavalry, Mo. under Capt. John Williams' Company, Enlisted: By Col. Porter. One paper is Case No. 93 The charges upon they are now held convened under Special Order No. 32, Head Quarters St. Louis District of Mo., and Dated St. Louis, Oct. 30th, 1862. Charged for being a Guerrilla under Porter. I did not find his name on your Prisoner name list. I also would like to find out how to get the rest of the records, I just have parts and peaces. On one page it has Number of roll: 143; sheet 1. and on another one it has hand written 397 on it and his name as William T. Coppage Co. C, 1 Northeast Missouri Cavalry. (confederate.) Private. CARD NUMBERS 1. 47933753 2.7055086. How do I get a copy of this??? Help
 


Name:
            GEORGE THURLOW
Email:
            GnMThurlowaol.com
Date:
            02/07/2002
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I am the great grandson of Galusha Anderson. He was a committed abolitionist, and I think you were overly harsh in your remarks about him. My mother said that he was the most remarkable grandfather that anyone could have had.
 


Name:
            Hermanetta Bradley
Email:
            HERBRAmsn.com
Date:
            02/01/2002
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Name:
            Lisa Waterman
Email:
            LWate96790aol.com
Date:
            01/31/2002
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I am searching for the Brother of my gggreat grandfather WILLIAM HOLMS BARTLETT,they moved to St Louis Mo around 1810 his brother was living in St Louis in 1863 because I have a letter that WILLIAM wrote to SENTOR BENTON asking to help give his brother work, any information on any BARTLETTS in MO WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU LISA
 

Name:
            Kirk Ort
Email:
            kirkorthotmail.com
Date:
            01/08/2002
Comments
Just found your site and have not had time to read it thoroughly, but it is obvious that you have put a great deal of effort into separating fact from fiction. Thank you! This is most welcome from those of us who have heard all the legends a thousand times. A few years ago I started researching the Pence brothers and even thought of creating a webpage devoted to the lesser known members of the James-Younger band because I thought there was a large gap in this area. Your site is filling that gap. Thanks again. If there is anything I can share with you I would be glad to do it.
Kirk Ort Stratford, Wisconsin
 


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Date:
            01/02/2002
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nice website!
 


Name:
            Jim Hoffmann
Email:
            jimelepitt.edu
Date:
            12/12/2001
Comments
Very interesting & informative website on a little known aspect of "The Late Unpleasantness".
 


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Date:
            12/08/2001
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Please!!! Add reenactments of the Civil War battles, this will increase your visitors
 


Name:
            Marilyn Carnell
Email:
            marilynolemac.net
Date:
            11/20/2001
Comments
A very interesting site. I am primarily interested in the Civil War activities in SW Missouri, but St. Louis was always related in some way. I live in Pineville,MO, where the movie "Jesse James" was filmed in 1938. Although very inaccurate, it was state of the art at the time with the biggest stars. My maternal ancestors were in Clay County in the mid 1800's. Family lore is that Jesse spent the night with them once, whether there or here in McDonald Co, I don't know. My aunt's middle name was Miller. Named for family friends.I will do some more research on that. Interesting! One comment on the site. I thought the "New" would be a link. A little confusing, but I'm new at this. Your research is commendable. MC
 


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Date:
            11/05/2001
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nice website
 


Name:
            Marti Nosti-Monaldi
Email:
            hovering2msn.com
Date:
            11/04/2001
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GGgranddaughter of Lieutenant Elihu H. Swain, survivor of the Sultana.
 


Name:
            William Dennis 2nd
Email:
            dwilliam16home.com
Date:
            10/20/2001
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I once worked as a reporter in Cape Girardeau, Mo., located about one hours drive south of St. Louis. They are still fighting the civil war in Cape Girardeau County. The city was known for its northern sympathies, while Jackson (a little to the south) was Southern. People will remember this.
 


Name:
            Carolyn
Email:
            cjamesgilanet.com
Date:
            10/18/2001
Comments
Wonderful site. I enjoyed my visit. I'm looking for great grandpa Walter Elias Merrill who was with Quantrill but quit after the Lawrence Massacre. It's hard to trace one of those guys who went by assumed names but Im gaining on him.
 


Name:
            Dorothy Stanley
Email:
            DOE405yahoo.com
Date:
            10/18/2001
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Dear Geo and Deb,
Guess where I am at this moment? With Moma Muriel!! In the Bentlyville House!! I see by your photos that you look good and happy.
I was just showing Mom my Website www.atimeshare.com
Mom tells me that Deb is a designer too and writes books and articles! I am impressed. Very Nice. Im happy for you two.
Chuck,Ken and Marji are well also. Talk to you again someday, Love, Dorothy (Doe) Stanley
 


Name:
            Tiffany McCoy
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Date:
            10/06/2001
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Name:
            Larry Billhartz
Email:
            larry.billhartzeweb.eugene.or.us
Date:
            09/19/2001
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My great great grandfather was a private in the 2nd Missouri Infantry Volunteers from about August, 1861 to September, 1864. I would like to connect up with someone that has any rooster, pictures, and other information about this little publicized regiment. Please e-mail me. Thank you
 


Name:
            gary e rice
Email:
            kardyworldnet.att.net
Date:
            09/13/2001
Comments
great! love your website
 


Name:
            Blud86
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Date:
            09/05/2001
Comments
I found a lot of info
 


Name:
            Steven J. McCoy
Email:
            steveadorenetzero.net
Date:
            09/03/2001
Comments
My father, Merle McCoy, had compiled some interesting reading about my G-grandfather, Arthur, but nothing in comparison to what's on this site. I look forward to learning more. BTW, nobody in my family is anything like how Arthur is described on the insanely daring and courageous side. He did, however, pass a lot of his brains down the line. Thanks Grandpa.
 


Name:
            Jo Ann Dopp
Email:
            vdopp.joverizon.net
Date:
            08/29/2001
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I am looking for James James born in Ky I think, he was on the 1790 census records in North Caroline. purchased land in Ky, in green county around 1795 or around there. thanks for any information.
 


Name:
            Kerma (Neal) Breedlove
Email:
            kermajafidnet.com
Date:
            08/27/2001
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My Great-GreatGrandfather was in the Gratiot Street Prison. I have one paper showing his prison number. Possibly a bushwhacker. I don't know. He was never heard from again. i could send you the paper if you could tell me more about him. Thanks for your time.
 


Name:
            Kat Mattix
Email:
            madazkataol.com
Date:
08/25/2001
            Comments
As a gggrandaughter of Arthur McCoy I want to thank you for all the hard research that you have done to provide this history. The accounts of Arthur McCoy has helped to explain some members of our family.
 


Name:
            Scott Williams
Email:
            mocsaearthlink.net
Date:
            08/18/2001
Comments
Deb, You have come a long way since I last visited your website. Great job! Very interesting and well written articles. I may not agree with everything you have written but good job nonetheless. I am in the process of adding links to your page from my "St. Louis and the Civil War" page. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/acw.htm
 


Name:
            Buford dodd
Email:
            Brdodd1aol.com
Date:
            08/11/2001
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Good!
 


Name:
            Scott
Email:
            dxe4m3aol.com
Date:
            08/03/2001
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GREAT JOB ABOUT THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WAR-EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE THIS REQUIRED IN EVERY AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS. SCOTT,IN OLE VIRGINNEY
 


Name:
            paul wilson
Email:
            paul.wilson2zoom.co.uk
Date:
            07/17/2001
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I've found this web site full of good information about the civil war and James gang. All I can say is Thank you and keep up the good work.
 

 

 

Name:

Edna Broxson

Email:

ednabroxsonaol.com

Date:

06/23/2001

Comments

This is beautiful even tho I did not find my G-Grandfather Captain Francis,(Frank or Frankie) Marion Pollock.

Name:

Philippe Saintes

Email:

philippe.sainteseuronet.be

Date:

06/13/2001

Comments

A very informative site. Congratulations !

Name:

Wilmer Riecke

Email:

Wfrieckeaol.com

Date:

06/11/2001

Comments

As the great grandson of a member of Quantrill's Raiders I enjoyed reading the excerpted version of John N. Edwards "The Making of a Confederate Guerrilla." We all try to understand why a certain "path" was taken and Mr. Edwards certainly opened up a new thinking path for me and my family.

Name:

Alma Kennedy

Email:

jay579flyyahoo.com

Date:

05/31/2001

Comments

Mike,I read with interest every thing on your site.It tied some things together for me..I will keep checking back.Our stories are simular in content.I cherish mine,as you do,Hang in.Alma

Name:

RICHARD C.HITE

Email:

ricardo157juno

Date:

05/28/2001

Comments

MIKE,GREAT JOB,Iwill continue to check the CHENAULTS.inPARKER COUNTY.YOUR BUDDY .RED NECK;

Name:

mshensky

Email:

shenskypulsenet.com

Date:

05/21/2001

Comments

Love this site! Lots of good info.

Name:

Geoff Law

Email:

geoffljps.net

Date:

05/18/2001

Comments

Love the site. Great work. A little on the Yankee side tho. Too bad they got to do most of the writing after the war. The Edwards stuff is real nice tho. Totally unbiased and factual.

Name:

D. H. Rule

Email:

debrulecitlink.net

Date:

05/18/2001

Comments

Welcome to Civil War St. Louis. We hope you enjoy the site.

 

 

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Date:
06/01/2002

Comments

I had a school project and your site was ALMOST the best for pictures