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“‘A New Order Of Things’: St. Louis, Chicago, And The Struggle For Western Commercial Supremacy”, Drew Vandecreek
“‘A New Order Of Things’: St. Louis, Chicago, And The Struggle For Western Commercial Supremacy”, Drew Vandecreek
The Confluence (2009-2020)
St. Louis leadership during the Gilded Age was nothing if not confident, even suggesting that the nation's capitol be moved to the St. Louis region. Drew VandeCreek offers some of the writings of these boosters.
“St. Louis Builds A Post Office”, David Straight
“St. Louis Builds A Post Office”, David Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
As the city of St. Louis burgeoned in the middle of the nineteenth century, services struggled to keep up. David Straight examines the challenges presented to mail delivery in 1851.
The Lost Cause Ideology And Civil War Memory At The Semicentennial: A Look, Patrick Burkhardt
The Lost Cause Ideology And Civil War Memory At The Semicentennial: A Look, Patrick Burkhardt
The Confluence (2009-2020)
A half-century after the end of the Civil War, sectional tensions still existed in St. Louis. Patrick Burkhardt suggests that the Lost Cause ideology was alive and well in St. Louis, as revealed by the argument over erecting a new Confederate monument in Forest Park.
The Iowa Boys Winter In St. Louis, 1861-1862, David Straight
The Iowa Boys Winter In St. Louis, 1861-1862, David Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Letters from men at Benton Barracks in St. Louis offer unique insights into the minds of men involved in the Civil War. David Straight looks at these letters and their stationary.
"Shall We Be One Strong United People...", Miranda Rectenwald, Sonya Rooney
"Shall We Be One Strong United People...", Miranda Rectenwald, Sonya Rooney
The Confluence (2009-2020)
This selection of diary entries, letters, and sermons by Unitarian minister William Greenleaf offers insights into the thinking of pro-Union leaders in St. Louis who were also antislavery.