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3:00 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

Missouri’s Contentious Role In Civil War Explored Through Music

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A cannon sits on what is now Wilson's Creek National Battlefield near Springfield, MO
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As a border state during the Civil War, the state of Missouri was home to numerous battles and skirmishes.  The state’s residents were divided, supporting both sides of the war.

Barbara Harbach is the composer of a new work called “A State Divided – Missouri Symphony for String Orchestra.”  The piece has three movements and each represents a major chapter in the history of Missouri’s role in the Civil War. 

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10:09 am
Mon September 17, 2012

Re-tracing the steps of a Civil War photographer

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NPR's Claire O'Neill takes a forward-thinking approach to historical photographs. See for yourself via the link.
Today's 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam got us thinking: What if Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner could revisit some of the original sites he photographed? If he used his equipment today, what would the images look like? That is: How have the landscapes changed - or stayed the same?
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Missouri & The Civil War
6:35 am
Fri November 11, 2011

Bringing the Civil War in Missouri to life

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Credit (The Midland Montly Magazine, 1865)
Six-year-old Jimmie Johnston served as a Union “powder monkey” on a gunboat during the Civil War.
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The uniform made for six-year-old Jimmie Johnston who stepped into bring Union gunboat soldiers powder during a fight after the previous “powder monkey” was killed.
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The silver pocket watch of Col. Austin M. Standish, who was struck by a bullet at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek but was saved by his watch.
Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Missouri History Museum employee Shery Hunter perfects the installation of a Union uniform.
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George Caleb Bingham’s famous painting “Order No. 11” is on loan from the Cincinnati Art Museum for the exhibit.
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The Missouri History Museum is opening a new exhibit Saturday called “The Civil War in Missouri.”

There’s a lot of ground to cover in a state that was bitterly divided by the war and saw more than 1,200 battles and skirmishes.

But the museum, founded just one year after the Civil War ended, has a treasure trove of artifacts from the era that bring the conflict to life.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Maria Altman got a sneak peak.

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