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Civil War pitted neighbor against neighbor in county

February 25, 2022

Photo, courtesy of Bruce Williams — Casualty of the Civil War: This faded stone marks the grave of Isaac McCollum, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War who was shot by Union sympathizers who attempted to confiscate his pistol. His gravestone in the Phillebaum Cemetery, north of Bethany, accuses two neighbors of his murder.

Harrison County, MO: While Missouri as a border state was divided between the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War, Harrison countians were generally supporters of Abraham Lincoln with only a sprinkling of Rebels.