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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.
Latter-Day Saints vs. Missouri State Militia Missouri victory 1st Boonville: June 17, 1861 Boonville: American Civil War: Union-1,700, Missouri State Guard-~1,500 10 KIA, 17 WIA, 80 POW United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Union victory Cole Camp: June 19, 1861 Benton County: American Civil War Benton County Home Guard-600, Missouri State ...
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 forces.
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[citation needed] This resulted in a civil war within the state, as Missourians divided and joined both the Union and Confederate armies. Missouri sent representatives to the United States Congress and the Confederate States Congress, and was represented by a star on both flags. [citation needed] Early in 1861, the Missouri State Guard was ...
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.
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
Over 27 people were killed and the Camp Jackson Affair helped to polarize the state and send Missouri down the road to its own internal civil war. On June 15, 1861, the 2nd Missouri Infantry participated in the unopposed occupation of the Missouri state capitol at Jefferson City, Missouri, by Federal troops. Nine companies of the Second ...