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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.
American Civil War Union-4,000, Confederacy- 5,000 337 United States vs. Confederate States Union victory Chalk Bluff: May 1–2, 1863 Dunklin County: American Civil War Union-120, Confederacy- 210 53 KIA, 104 WIA, 120 MIA, 53 POW United States vs. Confederate States Confederate pyrrhic victory: 3rd Boonville: October 11, 1863 Boonville ...
Greene took command of the brigade after Porter was mortally wounded at Hartville, leading it in Marmaduke's second raid into southeast Missouri in late April, in which the regiment did not "closely engage" the Union troops. On 4 July it fought in the unsuccessful attack on Helena, suffering casualties of three killed and six wounded. [2]
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
April 29, 1863: Bloomfield; April 30, 1863: Coal Bluff, St. Francis River, April 30-May 1, 1863: Advance upon Little Rock; July 1-September 10, 1863: Moved from Wittsburg to Clarendon; August 1–8, 1863: Near Bayou Metoe; August 26, 1863: Bayou Meto (or Reed's Bridge) September 1–10, 1863: Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock
Missouri in the American Civil War was divided, with the southern and central portion of the state pro-Confederacy, and most of the rest pro-Union. By the end of the Civil War, Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and at least 40,000 troops for the Confederate Army with additional bands of pro–Confederate guerrillas. [4]
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co. Belcher, Dannis W., The 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, McFarland & Co, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2011; McCall, D., Three Years in the Service. A Record of the Doings of the 11th Reg. Missouri Vols., Baker and Phillips, Springfield, Missouri, 1864
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 ...