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Tag Archives: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
Gateway to Freedom: Commemorating the Civil War in St. Louis
We are six generations removed from the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history and it’s easy to forget, in the wake of more recent wars and philosophical conflicts, how close we came as a nation to permanent division. The costs in … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Art & Architecture, Civil War, Happenings, History, St. Louis, St. Louis Walking Tours
Tagged Bloody Bill Anderson, Chestnut Street Women's Prison, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, Gateway to Freedom Year of the Soldier in the Civil War, Soldiers Memorial in St. Louis, St. Louis in the Civil War, The Campbell House Museum
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Touring Civil War St. Louis
I spent last Saturday touring St. Louis in the years leading up to, during and soon after the Civil War with a lovely group of people ranging in age from about 10 years to 80. A fascination with the American Civil … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Art & Architecture, Civil War, Happenings, History, St. Louis, St. Louis Walking Tours
Tagged American Civil War, Arsenal Street, Battle of Vicksburg, Bernard Lynch's Slave Pen, Berthold Mansion, Camp Ethiopia, Chestnut Street Women's Prison, Civil War St. Louis, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, Federal Arsenal of the West, James Buchanan Eads' ironclads, Laclede's Landing, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Campbell, Roswell Field, Saferoom on the Underground Railroad, The Gratiot Street Prison, the Mississippi River, The Myrtle Street Prison, The Old Post Office, Virginia Kyle Campbell
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