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Title
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The Half Not Told: The Civil War In a Frontier Town
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Description
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This book concerns the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri during the Civil War. It contains several pages relating to Odon Guitar and his involvement as commander there during the war. Includes his photograph as well as others.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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SC15-6 Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed to a seat on the Missouri Supreme Court in 1855. Odon Guitar (1825-1908) came to Missouri in 1827 and lived in Boone County. He was a lawyer, politician, and a brigadier general in the Civil War serving for the Union forces in Missouri. The collection covers a large span of years and includes a variety of material including correspondence, legal documents, copies of 19th-century newspapers, photographs mostly relating to the Guitar family, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, manuscripts, certificates, invitations, and other items. Of special interest are family letters, a duel contract between Abiel Leonard and Taylor Berry, Guitar's letters concerning his California gold rush venture, Guitar's Civil War dealings, and genealogy information with some written in French.
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Date
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1809/1959
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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General Odon Guitar
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Description
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This article details the life of Columbia and Boone County, Missouri resident Odon Guitar. He attended the University of Missouri, fought in the Mexican War under Alexander Doniphan, became a legislator, a Union general in the Civil War, practiced law, served as mayor and councilman, etc. He died on May 13, 1908.
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Date
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1928-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
