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List of battles fought in Missouri. This is an incomplete list of all military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern U.S. state of Missouri since European contact. Spain vs. Great Britain & Indian tribes.
Missouri Civil War Battles. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM Missouri Battles from Dyer's Compendium. 1861 Engagement USA Units (Dyer) CSA Units (Crute) ... Affair at Kansas City: Seizure of Property.... May 10: Capture of Camp Jackson: MISSOURI--3d Infantry: 1st, 3d and 4th Reserve Corps.... May 10: Riot, St. Louis. Fifth and Walnut Streets ...
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.
Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and the site of the death of Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general killed in action. The costly Southern victory on August 10, 1861, focused national attention on the war in Missouri.
More Civil War engagements occurred in Missouri than in any other state besides Virginia and Tennessee. Consequently, our state is peppered with Civil War battlefields, monuments, museums, and markers. Come take a step back in time and discover Missouri’s Civil War history!
Missouri Civil War Map of Battles. The Civil War in Missouri, Day by Day, 1861 to 1865. Follow as events transpire across Missouri within those four long years. From raids and pursuit of the outlaws to the hunting down of Southern sympathizers and the Federal scouting parties across the state.
On March 7-8, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers fought here to decide the fate of Missouri which was a turning point of the war in the Trans-Mississippi. This 4,300-acre battlefield honors those who fought and died on these hallowed grounds. Pea Ridge was the most pivotal Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River.
Our Battle of Wilson's Creek page includes history articles, battle maps, photos of the battlefield, and preservation news for this important 1861 Civil War battle in Missouri.
Missouri's loyalties were divided at the outset of the Civil War. In June 1861, Union Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon attacked a secessionist concentration in St. Louis and forced approximately 4,000 belligerents, including governor Claiborne Jackson, to evacuate the city.
The American Civil War in Missouri collection contains letters, diaries, maps, and military records. Manuscript collections for the Civil War era are often personal accounts of events and actions of Missourians during the conflict and offer valuable insights into how Missourians experienced the Civil War.