MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM--(CIVIL WAR) ARCHAEOLOGY SERIES
The Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, MO will be hosting a series of free events in its archaeology series. Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 7PM will present Steve Dasovich, Ph.D., head of the Cultural Resource Services Division for SCI Engineering, Inc. leading a discussion about the Civil War in the Arcadia Valley (Iron County, MO). Steve Dasovich will be speaking in the AT&T Foundation Multipurpose Room. Sunday, June…... Read more >
Boonville Dig Successful
Forensic archaeologists Dr. Doug Scott and Dr. Steve Dasovich led a team through the fields east of Boonville on November 8 – 10 in search of evidence of the site of the First Battle of Boonville. This is the first comprehensive study of the battle site. The available literature, and dozens of battle relics found by the team, will be studied and plotted. Look for news of the detailed findings of Scott’s team on this site.
…... Read more >Francis Herron
Francis J. Herron was a banker in Dubuque, Iowa, before the Civil War. As a Captain, he fought in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, on August 10, 1861, then soon returned to Iowa to help field the 9th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. The 9th Iowa’s first assignment was to guard the railroad in Pacific, Missouri, and Herron and the regiment arrived on October 11, 1861.
Wilson’s Creek, near Springfield, is on the Wi…... Read more >Burnt District Monument Groundbreaking
A crowd of more than sixty individuals witnessed the groundbreaking on Saturday, Oct. 27 for the Burnt District Monument commemorating events which took place along the western Missouri border during the Civil War. The monument will stand on the front lawn of the Cass County Justice Center in Harrisonville and is a joint venture of the Cass County Historical Society and Cass County. The program featured reenactors to commemorate the sufferi…... Read more >
