Sadly, there were no newspapers published in or near Dallas County, MO during the Civil War. The nearest weekly or daily newspapers were at Rolla, Springfield, Warrensburg, California, Kansas City, and Jefferson City in a wide arc around Dallas County. It was rare for any of these newspaper to print anything about Dallas County, but it did happen once in a while.

I would advise you to concentrate on local records including the older county histories. The Goodspeed 1889 one is your best bet.

You may try historical and genealogical societies in an near Dallas County, too.

Bruce Nichols