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On Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., local author Andrea Wa...

Recommended reading: The Civil War in Missouri...

Historian Ron Smith discusses his new book Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General....

Howard Frank Mosher discusses his new book Walking to Gatlinburg: A Novel on Tuesday,...

Author Marc Wortman discusses his new book The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta on Wed...

In the aftermath of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas, Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr., became suspicious of local support for Confederate sy...

Recommended reading: Abraham Lincoln:...

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The Civil War may have reached a turning point in 1864, when Ulysses S. Grant became general-in-chief of the Union armies, Confederate defeats continu...

Kansas Citians go to the polls in April and June to elect a mayor and 12 city council members who will direct the city for the next four years. Wha...