St. Joseph, Days of Civil War is a documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 on how the city of St. Joseph

Saint Joseph, Missouri

Saint Joseph is the second largest city in northwest Missouri, only second to Kansas City in size, serving as the county seat for Buchanan County. As of the 2010 census, Saint Joseph had a total population of 76,780, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The St...

, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 was affected by the outbreak of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 in 1861. The documentary was written, produced and directed by Jim Conlon. The documentary was shot in three states, Missouri, Kansas

Kansas

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 and Nebraska

Nebraska

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. Cities included were:

• In Missouri: St. Joseph, Barnard
  Barnard, Missouri
  Barnard is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 257. It is served by the South Nodaway R-IV School District, and is the location of the high school. The elementary school is located in Guilford, MO, 5 miles east...
  
  , Jefferson City
  Jefferson City, Missouri
  Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
  
  , Kansas City
  Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
  
   and Rosendale
  Rosendale, Missouri
  Rosendale is a city in Andrew County, Missouri, United States. The population was 180 at the 2000 census. Prior to 1881, Rosendale was known as Ogle Mills. It was later named after roses that grew in the area.Rosendale is part of the St...
  
  
• In Kansas: Wathena
  Wathena, Kansas
  Wathena is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,364. It is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named for Wathena, a Native American chief of the Kickapoo tribe who once lived on the...
  
  , Western Frontier Adventure near Easton
  Easton, Kansas
  Easton is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. The population was 362 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Easton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• In Nebraska: Brownville
  Brownville, Nebraska
  Brownville is a village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census.- History :Established in 1854 and incorporated in 1856, Brownville was the largest town in the Nebraska Territory, with a population of 1,309 by 1880. Bordering slave-holding Missouri, the...
  
  

The historic Patee House

Patee House

The Patee House, also known as Patee House Museum, was completed in 1858 as a 140-room luxury hotel at 12th Street and Penn in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was one of the best-known hotels west of the Mississippi River....

 and Pony Express

Pony Express

The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861...

 Museum

Pony Express Museum

The Pony Express Museum is a transport museum in Saint Joseph, Missouri, documenting the history of the Pony Express, the first fast mail line across the North American continent from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast...

 in St. Joseph was used for key scenes. production began in April 2006 and ended in May 2007. The premiere was held on May 29, 2007 at Missouri Western State University

Missouri Western State University

Missouri Western State University is a public, co-educational university located in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The school enrolls 6,010 undergraduate students and 124 graduate students.-History:...

 and aired on KQTV

KQTV

KQTV, digital channel 7 , is the ABC-affiliated television station in St. Joseph, Missouri. Owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, it is the only local commercial broadcast television station serving the St. Joseph area; though TBN affiliate KTAJ , which primarily serves the northern portion of...

in St. Joseph as a three-part series in June.