The Civil War Sesquicentennial, which begins next year, is expected to heighten interest about what happened on and off the battlefields 150 years ago. That means archivists are scrambling to post information online to feed that curiosity.
Missouri State Archivist John Dougan detailed the effort to those at the St. Louis Genealogical Society's 40th annual family history conference, the largest such gathering in the Midwest, on Saturday.
Missouri State Archivist John Dougan detailed the effort to those at the St. Louis Genealogical Society's 40th annual family history conference, the largest such gathering in the Midwest, on Saturday.
You can read more in an article by Leah Thorsen published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch web site at http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/BB4761F624C6672D86257724007EA133?OpenDocument
