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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-~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
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
Return of casualties in Shelby's brigade during the Missouri Expedition, August 29 to December 2, 1864 [2] Command Killed Wounded Missing Aggregate Elliot's regiment 7 Men 3 Officers, 15 Men None 25 Gordon's regiment 15 Men 5 Officers, 45 Men 2 Officers, 39 Men 106 Shank's regiment 3 Men 3 Officers, 19 Men 10 Men 35 Smith's regiment 10 Men
The 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment was recruited and organized at Palmyra, Missouri, under the lead of John M. Glover. Recruitment commenced on June 1, 1861. December 1861: Began its duty in Southeast Missouri and District of Rolla. Began under command of General Benjamin Prentiss and Colonel John McNeil. Action near Hallsville, Missouri
The siege of Lexington, also known as the first battle of Lexington or the Battle of the Hemp Bales, was a minor conflict of the American Civil War.The siege took place from September 13 to 20, 1861, [3] between the Union Army and the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard in Lexington, county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri.
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]
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. After June 12, 1861, the Third Missouri was part of a complex movement against the Missouri State Guard.