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Sectional Crisis and Civil War on the Western Border, 1860-1865, moderated by William Piston, Missouri State Univers...

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

Renowned stage and screen actor Hal Holbrook visits the Kansas City Public Library on Wednesday, November 9, 2011...

Terry Beckenbaugh of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the first Civil War battle fought west of...

The Plaza Branch concludes its annual Kansas City Architectures series, which in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War focused on an...

Although relatively small compared to the great clashes to come, the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) was a seminal event in American history....

The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennia...

The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of th...

The Plaza Branch hosts its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the se...

David Meyers, a professor of medicine- cardiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, presents a discussion on Medicine in the Civil War....