The Civil War around the Missouri and Kansas state border was waged 150 years ago. The reporting by the Kansas City Star uncovered lingering bitterness on both sides of the border, as well as deep pride in ancestors - whether Southern guerrillas or former slaves turned Federal soldiers. March along with re-enactors, historians and experts through dozens of battlefields, cemeteries and museums. Besides refreshing the old tales, the newspaper's writers and artists created original materials: an 1860s map of Kansas City, a four year timeline of the conflict in the area and the blow by blow development of the Battle of Westport. Relive these intense, frightening days through letters and stories handed down through the generations; look into the eyes of the men and women with the help of more than 50 period photographs gathered from sources across the Midwest.