the State Historical Society of Missouri
Christopher Phillips is the John and Dorothy Hermanies Professor of American History at the University of Cincinnati.
Articles Authored
Daniel Marsh Frost, a Confederate army officer, was born on August 9, 1823, in Mariaville,…
![Claiborne Fox Jackson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N21069]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/1.%20Claiborne%20Fox%20Jackson.jpg?itok=92-l2Tkj "Claiborne Fox Jackson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N21069]")
Claiborne Fox Jackson was born in rural Fleming County, in northeastern Kentucky, on April…
![Nathaniel Lyon. Engraving by John A. O’Neill. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Art Collection, 15613]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Nathaniel_Lyon.jpg?itok=n58ABqzx "Nathaniel Lyon. Engraving by John A. O’Neill. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Art Collection, 15613]")
Nathaniel Lyon, a US Army officer from 1841 to 1861, was born in rural Ashford (later…
![John McAllister Schofield. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-53021]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-John-McAllister-Schofield.jpg?itok=sG1y2T0x "John McAllister Schofield. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-53021]")
John McAllister Schofield was born in Gerry, Chautauqua County, New York, on September 2,…