A Civil War pistol displayed at the Squirrel Cage Jail and Visitors' Center in Gallatin is thought...
Civil War: Tragedy, Murders Linked to Capt. Brumfield’s Revolver
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Military & Wars
Civil War: The Hated ‘Black Devils’ of Guerrilla Warfare
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, Daviess County furnished over 900 men for the Union Army and...
Civil War: Bluford Goins Donates Cavalry Sword for Display
The following narrative focuses on Bluford Goins, written by Sammy Evans and as published by the...
Civil War: Major-General Pleasonton Relieves Col. James McFerran at Westport
Report of Major-Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, U. S. Army, commanding Provisional Cavalry Division....
Civil War: Col. McFerran’s Report on the Battle of Westport
This is the official report given by Col. James McFerran concerning the Battle of Westport on Oct....
Civil War: Who Really Shot ‘Bloody Bill’ Anderson in Ambush?
For many decades Major Samuel P. Cox was widely recognized as the Union man who killed notorious...
Civil War: Daviess County’s Col. James H.B. McFerran
The man who organized and led Union soldiers from Daviess County in the Battle of Westport was...
Civil War: Local Cavalry Soldiers at Battle of Westport 1864
In October 1864, the Daviess County men of the First Cavalry Regiment of the Missouri State...
Civil War: Union Company Roll Call, Operations 1864
In January 1864, the regiment were badly scattered, doing guard duty. The headquarters of the...
Civil War: Daviess County Infantry at Battle of Glasgow 1864
About a week before the big cavalry battle at Westport, Daviess County men faced Confederate...
Civil War: Deadly Skirmish at Cravensville in Daviess County, MO 1862
Eight men dead and fifteen wounded in 1862 skirmish at Cravensville (today's Jameson, MO). On...
Civil War: Daviess County Men of the Missouri Brigade CSA
During the Civil War about 150 Daviess County men were in the Confederate service. Of those at...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342
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