These are excerpts from the ongoing production of the St. Joseph Civil War Documentary. 

The lead characters, Jonathan and Anna Buchman are a young farm couple from St. Joseph caught up in the conflict between the states.  While they are fictitious, they act as witnesses to the events that occurred during the Civil War in St. Joseph and Missouri.
 
1860- While campaigning for President Lincoln, soon to be Secretary of State, William Seward stops in St. Joseph to address the public at the Patee House.

1861- Following mob violence in St. Joseph, which resulted in tearing down of the stars and stripes, Jonathan makes a fateful decision to fight for his farm and way of life and oppose the Union.

1861- Jonathan gets ready to leave his wife Anna at home in St. Joseph and join up with the confederate army.

1861- Confederate troops battle Union forces at the Osage River near Jefferson City. Jonathan joins an artillery unit and participates in the War.

1861- Captain Sully sets up a Union encampment southwest of the Patee House in St. Joseph in a police action set off my mob violence. Local militia Colonel Peacock accepts a flag from Captain Sully to fly on the cupulo of the Patee House.