JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson, in scathing language, refused to send state troops to meet President Abraham Lincoln’s call for state help to suppress the rebellion.

Kurshaw Jackson, 38, was senselessly gunned down in his prime. Over 100 people -- friends, family, coworkers -- gathered at Charbonnet-Lapat-Glapion Funeral Home Friday (Aug. 10) agreed on that.