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"I Came Not to Bring Peace, but a Sword"

Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Michael Fellman, a preeminent scholar of the American Civil War and an expert on the guerilla warfare that characterized the conflict...

John Brown

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by a...

Jefferson Davis and His Cause

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Historian Bud Bowie looks at economic miscalculations by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other Southerners that in effec...

Quantrill in the Movies: John Tibbetts

Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

William Quantrill’s August 21, 1863 Confederate raid on Lawrence, Kansas, left nearly 200 men and boys dead and the city in flames. Film expert...

The Battle of Fort Wagner: African American Troops in the Civil War

Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Military historian Terry Beckenbaugh examines the failed 1863 attack on the Confederacy’s Fort Wagner on Charleston Harbor – an in...

Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Long before the Civil War began violence was commonplace along the Missouri-Kansas border. There a recurring cycle of robbery, arson, torture, murd...

Granville Automatic

Sunday, September 22, 2013 2:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The country duo Granville Automatic performs songs from An Army Without Music, a recording project in which each song is...

The Sack of Lawrence and the Guerrilla War

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

On the 150th anniversary of William Clarke Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Tony R. Mullis of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff...

Gettysburg: The Most Important Event of 1863?

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Even for those of us unfamiliar with history, the very name “Gettysburg” suggests a monumental clash of armies. But beyond the chaos of the battle...

Westport Historical Society Speaker Series

Saturday, March 12, 2016 2:00pm

Westport Branch

In Person

The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history. Join us...

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