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Governor John Gill Shorter Executive Papers

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“June-December 1861. Missouri. A Union General discusses events in Missouri as the war began.”

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“1861. Lexington, Missouri. An eyewitness account of the action at a key Missouri River town early in the war.”

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“December 25, 1861. Northern Virginia. The first Yuletide day of the war at Stuart's Cavern.”

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“Written from Berkeley County, Virginia, May 12, 1861, to brother in Iowa, this letter reflects intense southern feelings in a divided family.”

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