Tag: civil-war
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The “Hannibal City” Sidewheeler
By Gregg Andrews The Hannibal City was a sidewheel steamboat named in honor of Missouri’s leading port north of St. Louis. The sidewheeler belonged to the fleet of the St. Louis & Keokuk Packet Company. On January 1, 1842, a group of St. Louis investors formed the packet company to operate on the Upper Mississippi…
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The “City of Louisiana”: A Floating Hospital in the Civil War
By Gregg Andrews In 1857, the St. Louis and Keokuk Packet Line added the City of Louisiana, a sidewheel steamboat, to its growing fleet on the Upper Mississippi. Built expressly for passengers rather than freight, and named for the town of Louisiana, Missouri, the boat’s hull was built in Madison, Indiana, and towed to St.…
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The Murder of a Slave on the Ralls County Harris Plantation
For nearly two centuries, the blood-splattered fate of Anderson has remained a dirty secret.
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