The Sojourner’s Compass

10/11/2026

Chaos In Missouri

10/09/2026

SUBSCRIBER SERIES
MISSOURI ON THE BRINK
A 16-PART JOURNEY TO CIVIL WAR

SEASON TWO: BLEEDING KANSAS
(1854-1861)

When politics failed, the border went to war.

A NATION DIVIDED
A TERRITORY CONTESTED.
A CONFLICT IGNITED.

KEY THEMES
• Popular sovereignty begins
Pro-slavery migration
• Northern emigrant aid societies
• Competing governments
• The first armed camps

EPISODE 2:1
BORDER RUFFIANS AND FREE-STATE
SETTLERS
Who were the people fighting for Kansas?

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EPISODE 2:2 - THE FIRST SACK OF LAWRENCE (1856)
How did Bleeding Kansas become national news?

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10/08/2026

https://mocivilwar.website/battle-of-moores-mill-july-28-1862/

Battle of Moore’s Mill — July 28, 1862: Odon Guitar defeated Joseph Porter’s Confederate recruiting force near Auxvasse Creek in Callaway County.

10/06/2026

https://youtu.be/ijmiwTSFzoc?is=LkPfcjCwnxv8pD1m

10/04/2026

The Ghost Confederate State

10/02/2026

MISSOURI ON THE BRINK
A 16-PART JOURNEY TO CIVIL WAR

SEASON ONE: BEFORE THE STORM (1820-1854)

WEEK 8
EPISODE 1:8

THE BORDER BEGINS TO BURN

HOW DID POLITICAL ARGUMENTS
BECOME ARMED CONFLICT?

ELECTIONS.
INTIMIDATION.
RAIDS.
A NATION CLOSER TO WAR.

KEY THEMES
Fraudulent elections
Border Ruffians
Armed Free-State settlers
Growing raids
Collapse of political solutions

SEASON ONE FINALE
"For more than thirty years America had debated slavery with speeches, elections, and compromises. Now the talking was over. The shooting was about to begin."

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SEASON TWO: BLEEDING KANSAS (1854-1864)

EPISODE 2:1 - BORDER RUFFIANS AND FREE-STATE SETTLERS

Meet the people who turned a political struggle into a war.

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10/01/2026

https://mocivilwar.website/battle-of-pea-ridge-march-7-8-1862/

Battle of Pea Ridge — March 7–8, 1862: Samuel Curtis defeated Earl Van Dorn in Arkansas, securing Union control of Missouri.

09/27/2026

The Illusion of Inevitability
- 1861

09/25/2026

SUBSCRIBER SERIES
MISSOURI ON THE BRINK
A 16-PART JOURNEY TO CIVIL WAR

SEASON ONE
BEFORE THE STORM
(1820-1854)

WEEK 7
- EPISODE 1:7 —
MISSOURI AND KANSAS:
A COLLISION COURSE

MISSOURI AS A SLAVE STATE

KANSAS AS A NEW TERRITORY

SOUTHERN MIGRATION

NORTHERN MIGRATION

TWO COMPETING VISIONS OF AMERICA

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EPISODE 1:8
THE BORDER BEGINS TO BURN
SEASON FINALE

"The border separated more than two places-it separated two futures."

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09/24/2026

https://mocivilwar.website/battle-of-roans-tan-yard-january-8-1862/

Battle of Roan’s Tan Yard — Union cavalry smashed John Poindexter’s Missouri State Guard recruiting camp in Randolph County on January 8, 1862.