re: Long time lurker, first time caller

There's a book called 'Lost family, lost cause' that gives some insight to the McKee clan & the unfortunate position many Missourians faced at that time.

A mass grave is located at Greenbrier Cemetary between Arab & Advance for the 28 men that died in the massacre. According to military records, McKee & his men were surprised & surrounded. Knowing the odds weren't in their favor, they surrendered and then were executed.

The farmer that provided shelter for McKee & his troop was shot & killed while holding his infant grandson on his porch. The little boy died as well.

There are lots of things I've learned in the past year researching my roots. Pretty surprised by how my grandparents & great grandparents decided to bury this dark part of history and move on without some stories slipping thru.

There's a marker on CR624 next to Hwy 51 in Bollinger County marking the spot of the massacre that was placed in 2005 or so. Both my folks (and their's) were raised within three miles of here. My parents were born in the early 30s and I can't believe that somewhere somehow this part of our history was erased. I guess it was just too painful to recant.