Just as the Prater family had divided loyalties in the Civil War,so it continues today:
with Ted Prater (on left) joining a Confederate re-enactment group,
and his cousin Stan Prater (on right) joining a Union re-enactment group
Inspecting a Henry Rifle
Chapman the Sutler
8th Missouri: Drum and Fife
Stan Prater, at his Writing Desk, re-enacts Ulysses S. Grant:
Stan puts on numerous shows as U.S. Grant in St. Louis and throughout the Midwest