The state of Missouri never seceded from the Union of States during the Civil War. Most Missouri soldiers fought for the Union Army, but tens of thousands of Missouri soldiers opted to fight for the ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for "Saturday Night Live," Rich Little and a wide range ...

The seceded states created the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson ... Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri -- President Lincoln insisted that the war was not about slavery or black ...

But his Confederate allegiance does not change. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves throughout the Confederacy but not in slave states like Missouri that have remained in the Union.