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Mount Mora Cemetery
Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the American Civil War and riders of the Pony Express. In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by vandals. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2006. Notable interments * Daniel Dee Burnes (1851–1899) – US Representative * James N. Burnes (1827–1889) – US Representative * James Craig (1818–1888) – Civil War general and US Representative * Willard Preble Hall (1820-1882) – Governor of Missouri * Benjamin F. Loan (1819–1881) – US Representative and Union general * William Ridenbaugh (1821–1874) – ''St. Joseph Gazette'' founder * Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815–1871) – Governor of Missouri * M. Jeff Thompson (1826–1876) – Confederate general known as the "Swamp Fox" * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
