Missouri Secretary of State
Divided Loyalties Opening Exhibit

The Office of the Secretary of State is proud to announce that an audio tour of Divided Loyalties: Civil War Documents from the Missouri State Archives is now available. Each of the thirty five panels in the exhibit is offered in an easily navigable PDF format with audio produced by the Archives in conjunction with Wolfner Library. The interactive audio allows you to stop, rewind and fast forward the audio portion of the exhibit, as well as download the tour to your own personal media device.

Divided Loyalties draws on more than nine million pages of Civil War-related documents to examine the upheaval and uncertainty that characterized Missouri during the Civil War era. Most of the documents used are from the Missouri State Archives, and have never been shown before. For more information, or to schedule a physical tour of the exhibit, please call the Missouri State Archives at (573) 751-3280.

Provided by:
Missouri State Archives

Publish Date:
April 23, 2010

Presentation Length:
4 minutes 25 seconds (4:25)

Description:
Divided Loyalties provides a picture of Missouri’s Civil War history ranging from the Kansas Border Wars to the Reconstruction era. The role slavery played in dividing the state’s population is explored, along with the lives of soldiers and civilians who faced discrimination and violence from both Union troops and bushwhackers. The exhibit also examines how the court system was used to settle grievances after the war, and when that failed, how some Missourians resorted to vigilante violence.