Join us for Kids Day at the Museum: Occupy Bloomfield 1861-1865 on Saturday, July 27, 2024 from 10am to 4pm. This interactive event will transport you to the tumultuous years between 1861 and 1865 when the town of Bloomfield, Missouri, and the surrounding Southeast Missouri region were hotbeds of military activity. Event Highlights: Living History […]
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2024 AT 10 AM – 2 PM On Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 10am to 2pm, The Stars and Stripes National Museum and Library will be hosting our January Kids Day at the Museum: Civil War Action at Bloomfield. Join us as we delve into the Civil War action that took place
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The Union Soldiers of 1861 The First Stars & Stripes Staff The Publishers: BENSON T. ATHERTON of Fairfield, Illinois was the publisher of the Prairie Pioneer. He was a private in Company G 18th Illinois Infantry. Atherton was wounded during February 1862 at Fort Donelson, Tennessee and sent home to recover. He later returned to duty, but by a special
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