Story of a Border City during the Civil War

Galusha Anderson was a pro-Union Baptist minister in St. Louis from 1858-1866. Anderson''s book covers the entire course of the war in Missouri, focusing heavily on St. Louis itself. Among the many topics covered are the Minute Men and the Home Guard, the churches of St. Louis, Martial Law and property confiscation, refugees, the Sanitary Commission, the OAK scare of 1864, and the Loyalty Oath of ...