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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.
In the fall of 1861, Governor Claiborne Jackson and other leading Missouri secessionists met in Neosho, Missouri. Acting as the Missouri General Assembly, this body enacted an ordinance of secession on October 28, 1861; however, the legal status of this ordinance was not accepted by Missouri's Union supporters, then or later.
This is a list of regiments from Missouri that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Missouri Confederate Civil War units is shown separately. Long-Enlistment Infantry Regiments
General Order No. 11 is the title of a Union Army directive issued during the American Civil War on August 25, 1863, forcing the abandonment of rural areas in four counties in western Missouri. The order, issued by Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr., affected all rural residents regardless of their allegiance.
At the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, Price commanded a mixed force that contained both Confederate soldiers from Missouri and elements of the Missouri State Guard. [5] By July 1862, almost all of the Missouri State Guard had left the unit to join Confederate States Army units. [6] The list of Missouri Union Civil War units is shown separately.
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 list may not reflect recent changes .
American Civil War Union-~700, Confederacy-Unknown 2 WIA, Confederate-? United States vs. Confederate States Union victory Lone Jack: August 15–16, 1862 Jackson County: American Civil War Union-800, Confederacy-1,500-3,000 270 United States vs. Confederate States Confederate victory 1st Newtonia: September 30, 1862 Newtonia: American Civil War
The Missouri State Militia was a federally funded state militia organization of Missouri conceived in 1861 and beginning service in 1862 during the American Civil War. It was a full-time force whose primary purpose was to conduct offensive operations against Confederate guerrillas and recruiters as well as oppose raids by regular Confederate ...