American Civil War in Missouri

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The American Civil War in Missouri was a fiercely contested border-state theater marked by guerrilla warfare, divided loyalties, and significant military and political struggles for control between Union and Confederate forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict theater
country United States
endTime 1865
hasCharacteristic border-state theater
civilian-targeted violence
divided loyalties
guerrilla warfare
irregular warfare
political instability
hasEvent Battle of Belmont
Battle of Boonville
Battle of Carthage (1861)
Battle of Glasgow (Missouri)
Battle of Island Mound
Battle of Island Number Ten
Battle of Kirksville
Battle of Lexington (First Battle of Lexington)
Battle of Lexington (Second Battle of Lexington)
Battle of Lone Jack
Battle of Mine Creek (related to Price’s Raid)
Battle of Moore’s Mill
Battle of New Madrid
Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Pilot Knob
Battle of Springfield (Missouri)
Battle of Westport
Battle of Wilson’s Creek
Battle of Wilson’s Creek campaign
Camp Jackson Affair
Centralia Massacre
Confederate government-in-exile claims over Missouri
Confederate recruitment in rural Missouri
Destruction of property under Order No. 11
Emancipation in Missouri (1865 state abolition of slavery)
Enlistment of Missouri regiments in Confederate Army
Enlistment of Missouri regiments in Union Army
Establishment of provisional Unionist government in Missouri
Formation of Missouri State Guard
Guerrilla actions by James brothers and Younger brothers
Guerrilla campaigns along Missouri–Kansas border
Guerrilla warfare in western Missouri
Martial law in Missouri
Missouri constitutional convention of 1861
Order No. 11 (1863)
Palmyra Massacre
Political struggle over Missouri’s loyalty
Postwar legacy of banditry and outlawry in Missouri
Price–Halleck campaign
Price’s Missouri Expedition
Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence
linked to: Quantrill's Raid

Radical Unionist–Conservative Unionist conflict in Missouri politics
Refugee displacement in western Missouri
Secessionist attempts by Missouri legislature
Suppression of Confederate sympathizers in Missouri
Trans-Mississippi Theater operations
Union control of Missouri River
Union occupation of St. Louis
Use of African American troops from Missouri
hasKeyFigure Claiborne Fox Jackson
Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Hamilton Gamble
Henry Halleck
linked to: Henry W. Halleck

James Lane
linked to: James H. Lane

John C. Frémont
John Pope
Nathaniel Lyon
Samuel Curtis
Sterling Price
Thomas Ewing Jr.
Thomas Hart Benton
Ulysses S. Grant
William Quantrill
“Bloody Bill” Anderson
hasSide Confederate States
Union
involves Confederate cavalry raids in Missouri
Federal cavalry operations in Missouri
Kansas Jayhawkers
linked to: Kansas Jayhawks

Missouri Home Guard
Missouri State Guard
Missouri guerrilla bands
Missouri militia
Union provost marshals in Missouri
Unionist German-American population in St. Louis
pro-Confederate rural Missourians
location Missouri
opposingForce Confederate forces in Missouri
Confederate guerrillas
Jayhawkers
Missouri State Guard
Union Army
bushwhackers
pro-Union Missouri Home Guard
partOf American Civil War
result Abolition of slavery in Missouri
Long-term political realignment in Missouri
Severe devastation in western Missouri counties
Union retention of Missouri
startTime 1861
theaterOfOperations Trans-Mississippi Theater

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Camp Jackson Affair partOf American Civil War in Missouri
Battle of Wilson's Creek campaign Missouri campaign of 1861
subject linked to: Battle of Wilson’s Creek
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Battle of Lone Jack partOf Missouri campaign of 1862
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Quantrill's Raid associatedWith Jayhawker–bushwhacker conflict
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Kansas–Missouri rivalry relatedEvent American Civil War border conflicts
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War notableCampaign Missouri Campaigns
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Palmyra Massacre partOf violence in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Missouri—civilization hasPoliticalEvent American Civil War in Missouri
Battle of Carthage (1861) campaign Missouri campaign of 1861
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Battle of Boonville (1861) campaign Missouri campaign of 1861
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
American Civil War in Missouri hasEvent Guerrilla campaigns along Missouri–Kansas border
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
American Civil War in Missouri hasEvent Suppression of Confederate sympathizers in Missouri
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American Civil War in Missouri involves Federal cavalry operations in Missouri
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Camp Jackson Massacre partOf American Civil War in Missouri
Price–Harney Truce topic Missouri in the American Civil War
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Siege of Lexington, Missouri partOf Missouri campaign of 1861
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Battle of Oak Hills campaign Missouri campaign of 1861
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri
Battle of Boonville campaign Missouri campaign of 1861
linked to: American Civil War in Missouri