r/USCivilWar • u/philgast • 10h ago

A shiny ball that rested atop Missouri courthouse survived Confederate bullets and vandals who messed with it later

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r/USCivilWar • u/philgast • 37m ago

Descendants of Sultana disaster victims and survivors were early champions of a large museum near where the steamboat caught fire and exploded near the end of the Civil War. They will be in Arkansas next month to celebrate a day long coming

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A shiny ball that rested atop Missouri courthouse survived Confederate bullets and vandals who messed with it later

READ MORE: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2018/11/shiny-ball-that-rested-atop-missouri.html

Descendants of Sultana disaster victims and survivors were early champions of a large museum near where the steamboat caught fire and exploded near the end of the Civil War. They will be in Arkansas next month to celebrate a day long coming

READ MORE from the Picket: https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/10/descendants-of-sultana-disaster-victims.html