The annual Bushwhacker Days is being held this weekend in Nevada, Missouri.  On Friday, June 11, officials will dedicate an educational panel titled "The Burning of Nevada," made possible by grants from the Metz Banking Company and Nevada Tourism.

On Sunday, April 25, 2010 at the Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico, MO at 2pm, there will be a ceremony for Cpl. Walker Lillard of the 68th U. S. Colored Infantry Regiment.  This is a "Blue-Gray" dedication of the marker for an African-American soldier. The ceremony will begin with a Blue-Gray Color Guard, whom are all descendants of Union and Confederate soldiers, members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans or the Sons of Union Vetera…... Read more >

Divided Loyalties, a new exhibit at the Missouri State Archives, uses historic Civil War Documents to examine the upheaval and uncertainty that characterized Missouri during the Civil War era. With more than 9 million pages of Civil War-related documents and court cases, the exhibit covers more than just battle. Slavery with its economic and social division impact are examined as well. This exciting exhibit is scheduled to run April 15, 2010 …... Read more >

The city of Boonville has joined Missouri’s Civil War Heritage Foundation’s Gray Ghost Trail.  Boonville has paid for an interpretive panel to be placed near the Vollrath Farm.  Vollrath Farm was sight of a brief skirmish in 1864 that resulted in 15 Confederate losses. The panel is one of several that will be part of Boonville’s segment of the Gray Ghost Trail.  Dedication of …... Read more >