Before the war. --Setting the stage : -- St. Louis and Missouri, 1821-1861 -- Jefferson barracks -- Three Civil War generals: Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and John S. Bowen -- The coming of war. -- The old courthouse -- The Roswell field house -- The St. Louis Mercantile Library -- The Berthold mansion -- The Camp Jackson affair. -- Captain Lyon takes command -- The U.S. Arsenal a coveted prize -- Union troops converge on Camp Jackson -- The Missouri volunteer militia takes the field -- Civilians and soldiers clash violently -- Lyon and his prisoners return to the U.S. Arsenal -- A rebel rebuffed at Fourth and Pine -- The prisoners are released -- At war in earnest -- 1861 -- 1862 -- 1863 -- 1864 -- 1865 -- In memoriam. -- Forest Park -- Benton Park and the Friedreich Hecker Monument -- Reservoir Park and the German-American Memorial -- Bellefontaine Cemetery -- Calvary Cemetery -- Oak Hill Cemetery -- Quinette Cemetery -- Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery -- Appendices. -- Alton, Illinois -- The Civil War in St. Louis, a chronology.