HISTORICAL RESOURCES
CIVIL WAR IN MISSOURI
COAL
UNIONTOWN & FAYETTE CO., PA
THE GILDED AGE
CIVIL WAR
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Missouri Commandery
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Hathi Trust.
Civil War on the Western Border: the Missouri-Kansas Conflict 1854-1865. Publication of the Kansas City Public Library
There are many excellent books on the Civil War in Missouri. Three that are particularly useful are:
Michael Fellman. Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri during the American Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Jay Monaghan. Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1955.
Carolyn M. Bartels. The Civil War in Missouri Day by Day, 1861-1865. Independence, MO: Two Trails Publishing, 1992.
COAL
Carmen DiCiccio. Coal and Coke in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: PA Historical and Museum Commission, 1996.
Priscilla Long. Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry. New York: Paragon House, 1991.
PA Bureau of Industrial Statistics. Vol. 1884: Annual Report and Vol. 1887: Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pt. III, Industrial Statistics. PA: Bureau of Industrial Statistics, 1884.
Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Annual Report. Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners, 1886-1889.
Old Industry of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Youngstown Coke Works. pictures.
UNIONTOWN and FAYETTE CO., PA
James Hadden. A History of Uniontown: The County Seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Uniontown: 1913.
Nelson’s Biographical Dictionary . . . of Fayette County, PA. Uniontown: 1900.
THE GILDED AGE
Jon Grinspan. The Age of Acrimony. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Charles Lachman. A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Glover Cleveland. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011.