ST. LOUIS — With special elections just days away and municipal elections not far off, Union military officials ordered that only people who swore allegiance to the federal and provisional state governments could vote. Boone, Randolph and Howard counties

COLUMBIA — Edmund Ellis, editor of the Southern-sympathizing Boone County Standard, was a wanted man. The Union provost marshal at Jefferson City reported to St. Louis that he had, as instructed, sent a squad of men to arrest Ellis. “I shall soon have hi

TEENAGER Kieron Freeman has made a real impression at Notts County with his strength of character and polished displays. That is the view of Magpies first-team coach John Schofield, who has been mightily impressed with the 19-year-old defender. The full-

FULTON — Col. Jefferson Jones asked Union Brig. Gen. John Schofield for the return of the property seized when he was arrested. Jones wrote that he was destitute, with only $3.26 in cash. His farm, with its buildings, equipment and crops, was mortgaged h

WHEN it comes to team talks, there will not be much left for Notts County manager Martin Allen to say. After all, for the first time since taking over as Magpies boss last April, he felt his players had disappointed in their application. Losing 1-0 in th

A fervent Unionist from Baltimore, Anna Ella Carroll was an active pamphleteer who knew many of the Republican Party’s leaders. As the months-old war intensified, Carroll embarked on a series of trips across the border states. At the time she claimed her