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The First Battle of Springfield was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on October 25, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri. Following the Battle of Wilson's Creek , the Missouri State Guard , a pro- Confederate militia organization, drove north and defeated a Federal (Union) force in the Siege of Lexington .
The Second Battle of Springfield took place during the American Civil War on January 8, 1863, in Springfield, Missouri. It is sometimes known as The Battle of Springfield. (The First Battle of Springfield was fought on October 25, 1861, and there was also the better-known Battle of Wilson's Creek, fought nearby on August 10, 1861.) Fighting was ...
Civil War Times Illustrated. XLIV (5). ISSN 0009-8094. OCLC 1554811. Moore, John C. (1899). "Missouri in the Civil War". Confederate Military History. Vol. IX. OCLC 25038789. Piston, William Garrett; Hatcher, Richard (2000). Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN ...
The Civil War Battlefield Guide. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-74012-5. Piston, William Garrett; Hatcher, Richard W. (2000). Wilson's Creek. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-5575-1. Stevens, Joseph E. (1990). America's National Battlefield Parks. Norman, Oklahoma: University of ...
American Civil War Union-4,000, Confederacy-750 694 United States vs. Confederate States Union victory Mount Zion Church: December 28, 1861 Boone County: American Civil War Union-440, Confederacy-~ 900 27 KIA, 213 WIA, 64 POW United States vs. Confederate States Union victory Roan's Tan Yard: January 8, 1862 Randolph County: American Civil War
North Carolina NMP March 2, 1917: 253.54 acres ... Civil War: Kennesaw Mountain: Kings Mountain: South Carolina ... Missouri NB April 22, 1960: 2,407.79 acres ...
Missouri was initially settled predominantly by Southerners, who traveled up the Mississippi River.Many brought slaves with them. Missouri entered the Union in 1821 as a slave state following the Missouri Compromise of 1820, in which Congress agreed that slavery would be illegal in all territory north of 36°30' latitude, except Missouri.
SERVICE.--Springfield, Mo., August 9, 1862. Blount's Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas October 17-December 27. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. Expedition from Fayetteville to Huntsville December 21–23. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27–29. Bloomfield, Mo., May 12, 1863.