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  2. Home Guard (Union) - Wikipedia

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    In Missouri after the start of the Civil War there were several competing organizations attempting to either take the state out of the Union or keep the state within it. . Home Guard companies and regiments were raised by Union supporters, particularly German-Americans, to oppose the secessionist paramilitary Minutemen, secessionist elements in the official Missouri Volunteer Militia and ...

  3. Battle of Athens (1861) - Wikipedia

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    At Kahoka, Missouri, Mexican–American War veteran David Moore was elected colonel of the 1st Northeast Missouri Home Guard Regiment. Colonel Martin E. Green called up the 2nd Division of the Missouri State Guard to a training camp on the Horseshoe Bend of the Fabius River. There he formed the 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Division, Missouri State ...

  4. Battle of Athens State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The once-thriving river village of Athens, Missouri, had up to fifty businesses and a large mill in antebellum times. [4] In July 1861, it was occupied by pro-Union forces of the Missouri Home Guard. Wanting to seize the strategically important village for the Confederacy, elements of the pro-Southern Missouri State Guard attacked on August 5 ...

  5. List of Missouri Union Civil War units - Wikipedia

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    1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 Months, 1861) 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 months, 1861) "Lyon's Fahnenwacht" (Lyon's Color Guard)

  6. Missouri State Defense Force - Wikipedia

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    The state of Missouri authorized and created state defense forces during each of the world wars.As a response to the United States' entrance into World War I, the United States Congress passed the Home Guard Act of 1917, which allowed the states to create home guards, which could receive surplus weaponry from the federal government. [3]

  7. Enrolled Missouri Militia - Wikipedia

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    The Enrolled Missouri Militia was a state militia organization of Missouri in 1862 during the American Civil War.It was a part-time force whose primary purpose was to serve as garrison and infrastructure guards, both to augment the Unionist Missouri State Militia in defense versus raids and to free the Missouri State Militia for offensive operations versus Confederate guerrillas and recruiters.

  8. 3rd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union) - Wikipedia

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    A second brigade, composed of the 3rd and 5th Missouri and two batteries of artillery moved into Southwest Missouri under the overall command of Colonel Sigel, to cut off any Missouri State Guard troops which might move south before Lyon's advance. Colonel Sigel took his force to Rolla, thence to Springfield, Missouri, arriving on June 25.

  9. Home guard - Wikipedia

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    A Zemessardze (Latvian National Guardswoman) guards the battalion tactical operations center during the Strong Guard 2016 (Zobens 2016) distinguished visitor's day.. Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense.