What is known is that Cape Girardeau, under the command of Brigadier General John McNiel, was the southernmost Union-held city in the region. A Confederate Brigadier General named John Marmaduke led ...

Attorney Brian Neely has long been a practitioner of the law. Since 2012, he’s served as assistant district attorney for the ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

Readers expecting to experience the Vicksburg Campaign through a pre-adolescent’s rough-honed grammar will pleasantly encounter a fast-flowing and well-written historical tale in Fred Grant at ...

Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.

Polk County honors Samuel Quinton, a Revolutionary War vet who spent his final years in the area, with a new memorial.

The Buffalo Soldiers shirt, worn during a Juneteenth performance on the “Cowboy Carter” tour, has also fueled discussions over how Americans remember their history.