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Players of American football from St. Louis County, Missouri (38 P) Pages in category "Players of American football from Missouri" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 237 total.
During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals, and supplies to both sides, maintained dual governments, and endured a bloody neighbor-against-neighbor intrastate war within the larger national war.
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Missouri (11 P) Pages in category "People of Missouri in the American Civil War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 203 total.
This category refers to people, places, and events associated with the state of Missouri during the American Civil War The main article for this category is Missouri in the American Civil War . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Missouri in the American Civil War .
The teams did not play in 2012 and 2013, the first two years Missouri was a member of the conference. Starting in 2015, the winner of the game received a silver trophy outlining the states of Missouri and Arkansas with the words "Battle Line" on the border between the states. [5] In 2014, Missouri's victory gave them a spot in the SEC Championship.
The Battle of Yellow Creek, also known as Skirmish at Yellow Creek, was an action during the American Civil War, occurring August 13, 1862, along the Yellow Creek in Chariton County, Missouri. [1] [2] The Battle of Yellow Creek followed an earlier battle at Compton's Ferry, on August 11.
Political views in Missouri were divided before the American Civil War. St. Louis and its surrounding counties generally sympathized with the Northern states because that region was connected economically with the North. The area also had few slaves and contained a large German immigrant population, most of whom opposed slavery.
As the Civil War began, many leading citizens were hoping the state could remain neutral in the growing conflict. These hopes were encompassed in the so-called Price–Harney Truce of May 21, 1861. Implementation of the truce fell prey, however, to the growing conflict.