An Appanoose Co. sesquicentennial event from the Civil War The Civil War for Appanoose County remained a time of great struggle and turmoil in the summer of 1863. The federal North or Union states, including Iowa, remained pitted against the South or Confederate states. Missouri remained a border slave state
July 2, 2013 - The Daily Iowegian
The Confederate Constitution: What Your Elementary School Didn't Teach You At the start of 1861, several Southern states seceded to form their own union under the Constitution of the Confederate States. The Southern Constitution was just a modified version of the original U.S. Constitution, but the edits were significant.
June 30, 2013 - Forbes