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Divided Loyalties Audio Tour

Section 1


1-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 		 

Section 2


13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 		 

Section 3


25-28 | 29-32 | 33-35

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Section 1

Panel 1

Civil War Documents from the Missouri State Archives - (An Exhibit of the Missouri State Archives)
Civil War Documents from the Missouri State Archives - (An Exhibit of the Missouri State Archives)

Panel 2

Missouri Before the War - (Slavery in Missouri)
Missouri Before the War - (Slavery in Missouri)

Panel 3

Bleeding Kansas - (The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Border Violence)
Bleeding Kansas - (The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Border Violence)

Panel 4

Slavery in the 1820 Constitution - (Missouri State Constitution of 1820)
Slavery in the 1820 Constitution - (Missouri State Constitution of 1820)

Panel 5

Missouri Before the War - (Freedom in a Slave Society, Dred and Harriet Scott)
Missouri Before the War - (Freedom in a Slave Society, Dred and Harriet Scott)

Panel 6

War on the Horizon - (The Jackson Resolutions, Lincoln's Election, War on the Horizon)
War on the Horizon - (The Jackson Resolutions, Lincoln's Election, War on the Horizon)

Panel 7

Preparations for War - (Claiborne Fox Jackson, Missouri State Convention of 1861)
Preparations for War - (Claiborne Fox Jackson, Missouri State Convention of 1861)

Panel 8

Two State Governments - (Missouri's Government in Exile, Missouri's Provisional Government)
Two State Governments - (Missouri's Government in Exile, Missouri's Provisional Government)

Panel 9

Missouri at War - (Early Missouri Battles, 1861)
Missouri at War - (Early Missouri Battles, 1861)

Panel 10

Missouri at War - (The Final Attempt to Win Missouri)
Missouri at War - (The Final Attempt to Win Missouri)

Panel 11

Missourians in Uniform - (Citizen Soldiers, One Soldier's Paper Trail, Famous Soldiers)
Missourians in Uniform - (Citizen Soldiers, One Soldier's Paper Trail, Famous Soldiers)

Panel 12

Missourians in Uniform - (U.S. Colored Troops)
Missourians in Uniform - (U.S. Colored Troops)

Section 2

Panel 13

Confederate Records - (The Confederate Story, One Soldier's Paper Trail)
Confederate Records - (The Confederate Story, One Soldier's Paper Trail)

Panel 14

Guerrilla Warfare
Guerrilla Warfare

Panel 15

Martial Law - (Loyalty, Vigilante Justice)
Martial Law - (Loyalty, Vigilante Justice)

Panel 16

Caught in the Middle - (Forced Conscription, Discrimination, Disrupted Government)
Caught in the Middle - (Forced Conscription, Discrimination, Disrupted Government)

Panel 17

A Time Line of Union Military Units in Missouri - (Federal Union Military Units)
A Time Line of Union Military Units in Missouri - (Federal Union Military Units)

Panel 18

A Time Line of Union Military Units in Missouri - (State Union Military Units)
A Time Line of Union Military Units in Missouri - (State Union Military Units)

Panel 19

Fighting Away from Home - (On the March with Sherman, Care for the Sick and Wounded)
Fighting Away from Home - (On the March with Sherman, Care for the Sick and Wounded)

Panel 20

Union Troops at Odds Over Slavery - (Who is in Charge?, Setting Slaves Free)
Union Troops at Odds Over Slavery - (Who is in Charge?, Setting Slaves Free)

Panel 21

Missouri's 1865 Constitution - (The Drake Constitution)
Missouri's 1865 Constitution - (The Drake Constitution)

Panel 22

Challenging the Oath - (Frank Blair's Oath)
Challenging the Oath - (Frank Blair's Oath)

Panel 23

The Iron Clad Oath - (Loyalty and the Right to Vote)
The Iron Clad Oath - (Loyalty and the Right to Vote)

Panel 24

The Iron Clad Oath - (The Burden of Proving Loyalty)
The Iron Clad Oath - (The Burden of Proving Loyalty)

Section 3

Panel 25

Military Prisoners - (Wartime Prisoners, Appeals for Pardon)
Military Prisoners - (Wartime Prisoners, Appeals for Pardon)

Panel 26

Battles Fought in Court - (Fighting Order No. 3)
Battles Fought in Court - (Fighting Order No. 3)

Panel 27

Battles Fought in Court - (One Union Man Fights Another)
Battles Fought in Court - (One Union Man Fights Another)

Panel 28

Battles Fought in Court - (Seeking Compensation, Theft and Conspiracy)
Battles Fought in Court - (Seeking Compensation, Theft and Conspiracy)

Panel 29

Vigilante Violence - (The Murder of Obadiah Smith, Seeking Damages)
Vigilante Violence - (The Murder of Obadiah Smith, Seeking Damages)

Panel 30

Vigilante Violence - (Seeking Justice for Wartime Crimes, Seeking Justic in the Press)
Vigilante Violence - (Seeking Justice for Wartime Crimes, Seeking Justic in the Press)

Panel 31

Vigilante Violence - (Frank and Jesse James, Robbery... and Murder)
Vigilante Violence - (Frank and Jesse James, Robbery... and Murder)

Panel 32

Vigilante Violence - (The End of the James Gang)
Vigilante Violence - (The End of the James Gang)

Panel 33

Post-War Corruption - (Political Slander, Missing War Claims)
Post-War Corruption - (Political Slander, Missing War Claims)

Panel 34

Missouri's 1875 Constitution - (The End of Radical Power)
Missouri's 1875 Constitution - (The End of Radical Power)

Panel 35

Civil War Veterans - (Missing Soldiers, Military Pensions)
Civil War Veterans - (Missing Soldiers, Military Pensions)

Panel 36

Document Preservation - (Digitizing Civil War Documents, Preserving Civil War Era Court Cases, Local Records Program)
Document Preservation - (Digitizing Civil War Documents, Preserving Civil War Era Court Cases, Local Records Program)

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