Missourians continue to settle issues relating to slavery, Southern sympathizers consider immigration to Mexico, and Brigadier General “Jo” Shelby continues to acquire weapons and avoid surrender.
An artist from Kansas paints his experiences of the war, a resident of Hickman's Mill, Missouri, shares information about the town's residents, and another resident describes conditions in Independence, Missouri.
Emancipation is finally granted to Missouri's slaves, the governor of Kansas resigns amid controversy, and a Confederate prisoner of war hopes to secure his release and return home to Missouri.
Missouri and Kansas residents reflect on the year 1864, continue recovering from Price’s Raid, and anticipate the New Year and the possible end of the war.
Elections place Missouri’s "radical" Republicans in power, Missouri rebuilds after Price’s Raid, and the Supreme Court considers taxation of Shawnee lands in Kansas.
General Sterling Price’s Army of Missouri advances on Kansas City, is dealt a crippling blow at the Battle of Westport near the present-day Country Club Plaza, and faces possible annihilation at Mine Creek and Newtonia.
General Sterling Price’s “Army of Missouri” invades its namesake state in hopes of capturing it for the Confederacy, William “Bloody Bill” Anderson leads his bushwhackers in a bloody massacre, and the first major fighting of Price’s Raid ensues at Pilot Knob.
Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price begins organizing an army of 12,000 cavalrymen in Arkansas for an invasion of Missouri, Captain William Fowler handles questions and complaints about the draft in Missouri, and Col. Robert T. Van Horn runs for Congress.
Northerners and Southerners look for meaning in the annual Fourth of July celebrations, bushwhackers formerly associated with Quantrill’s Raiders resume their activities, and African American soldiers receive equal pay with white soldiers.
The spouse of an imprisoned Confederate soldier struggles in the Union-controlled state of Missouri, civilians and soldiers fear attacks from bushwhackers, and a Baptist minister attempts to hold his congregation together in Kansas City.