This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WMB.2ACE/4673 Message Board Post: I just found out that my great grandfather was the pilot on the steamer "City of Alton" which participated in the raid on the St. Louis Arsenal on April 25 and 26, 1861. I found a family document that states he was "shot and killed on the Alton in April of 1861." Can someone please let me know what St. Louis newspapers might have had articles on the raid and those who were killed? I would like to order copies but I don't know which newspapers to research. Thank you for any help offered.