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.
All labels observed (11)
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Target entity: American Civil War in Missouri Context triple: [Camp Jackson Affair, partOf, American Civil War in Missouri]
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Mormon–Missouri conflict
The Mormon–Missouri conflict was a violent 1830s clash between Latter-day Saint settlers and other Missourians that culminated in the 1838 Mormon War and the expulsion of Mormons from the state.
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Battlefield, Missouri
Battlefield, Missouri is a small suburban city in southwestern Missouri, located just outside Springfield in Greene County.
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Wakarusa War
The Wakarusa War was an 1855 armed standoff between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, that exemplified the violent tensions of the Bleeding Kansas era preceding the American Civil War.
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Johnson County War
The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.
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Quantrill's Raid
Quantrill's Raid was a brutal Confederate guerrilla attack led by William Quantrill in 1863, in which pro-slavery fighters massacred civilians and burned much of Lawrence, Kansas, during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: American Civil War in Missouri Target entity description: 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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A.
Mormon–Missouri conflict
The Mormon–Missouri conflict was a violent 1830s clash between Latter-day Saint settlers and other Missourians that culminated in the 1838 Mormon War and the expulsion of Mormons from the state.
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B.
Battlefield, Missouri
Battlefield, Missouri is a small suburban city in southwestern Missouri, located just outside Springfield in Greene County.
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C.
Wakarusa War
The Wakarusa War was an 1855 armed standoff between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, that exemplified the violent tensions of the Bleeding Kansas era preceding the American Civil War.
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Johnson County War
The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.
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Quantrill's Raid
Quantrill's Raid was a brutal Confederate guerrilla attack led by William Quantrill in 1863, in which pro-slavery fighters massacred civilians and burned much of Lawrence, Kansas, during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (100)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military conflict theater ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| endTime | 1865 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
border-state theater
ⓘ
civilian-targeted violence ⓘ divided loyalties ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ irregular warfare ⓘ political instability ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Battle of Belmont
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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) ⓘ
linked to:
First Battle of Lexington
Battle of Lexington (Second Battle of Lexington) ⓘ Battle of Lone Jack ⓘ Battle of Mine Creek (related to Price’s Raid) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Mine Creek
Battle of Moore’s Mill ⓘ Battle of New Madrid ⓘ Battle of Pea Ridge ⓘ Battle of Pilot Knob ⓘ Battle of Springfield (Missouri) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Little Blue River
Battle of Westport ⓘ Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ Battle of Wilson’s Creek campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Wilson’s Creek
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 ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri Military Bill of 1861
Guerrilla actions by James brothers and Younger brothers ⓘ Guerrilla campaigns along Missouri–Kansas border ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil War in Missouri
Guerrilla warfare in western Missouri ⓘ Martial law in Missouri ⓘ Missouri constitutional convention of 1861 ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri secession crisis
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 ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil War 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
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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 ⓘ
linked to:
William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson
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| hasSide |
Confederate States
ⓘ
linked to:
Confederate States of America
Union ⓘ |
| involves |
Confederate cavalry raids in Missouri
ⓘ
Federal cavalry operations in Missouri ⓘ
linked to:
American Civil War in Missouri
Kansas Jayhawkers ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas Jayhawks
Missouri Home Guard ⓘ Missouri State Guard ⓘ Missouri guerrilla bands ⓘ Missouri militia ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri Unionist militia
Union provost marshals in Missouri ⓘ Unionist German-American population in St. Louis ⓘ pro-Confederate rural Missourians ⓘ |
| location | Missouri ⓘ |
| opposingForce |
Confederate forces in Missouri
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Confederate guerrillas ⓘ Jayhawkers ⓘ Missouri State Guard ⓘ Union Army ⓘ bushwhackers ⓘ pro-Union Missouri Home Guard ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri State Guard
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| partOf | American Civil War ⓘ |
| result |
Abolition of slavery in Missouri
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linked to:
Reconstruction era 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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Subject: American Civil War in Missouri Description of subject: 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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