A Gallatin, MO, school boy returned home in November, 1898, as a major in the U.S. Fourth Calvary...
Civil War: Charles Morton Awarded a ‘Bloody Bill’ Pistol
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Gallatin’s Judge James H.B. McFerran Succumbs in Colorado
A letter to the editor submitted to a Colorado Springs, Colorado, newspaper offers a glimpse at...
Civil War Hero: Gov. Thomas Fletcher (almost) Retires at Gallatin, MO
Thomas Fletcher -- a Union general, Missouri governor, and (almost) a Gallatin, MO, resident! Why...
Pioneer Doctor: John Cravens of Daviess County, MO
John Cravens, M.D., (1797-1876) was one of the most highly esteemed pioneers of Daviess County....
Civil War: Tragedy, Murders Linked to Capt. Brumfield’s Revolver
A Civil War pistol displayed at the Squirrel Cage Jail and Visitors' Center in Gallatin is thought...
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...
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,
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