Embracing Local History, Part 88 – AFTERMATH OF CORPORAL HERVEY DIX'S DEATH IN ADAIR COUNTY

Last week, we learned about the first skirmish of the Civil War in Adair County at the Westenhaver home north of Kirksville. There, Corporal Hervey Dix from Iowa became Adair County’s first casualty of that war.

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