We are actively locating, digitizing, and creating a publicly accessible repository for the pension files of Missouri USCT servicemen in the seven counties known as Missouri's "Little Dixie": Boone, Calloway, Chariton, Clay, Lafayette, Howard, and Saline. By making these records accessible, we aim to study how servicemen and their families remained vigilant in their fight for equality during the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond.