Price–Harney Truce

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The Price–Harney Truce was a short-lived 1861 agreement between Union General William S. Harney and Missouri State Guard commander Sterling Price that sought to keep Missouri neutral and avoid open conflict at the start of the American Civil War.

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Price–Harney Truce canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agreement ⓘ
event in the American Civil War ⓘ
truce ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Missouri ⓘ
characteristic short-lived ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endCause breakdown of trust between Union authorities and Sterling Price ⓘ
changing Union military leadership in Missouri ⓘ
followedBy open conflict between Union forces and pro-Confederate forces in Missouri ⓘ
hasCause tensions between Unionists and secessionists in Missouri ⓘ
uncertain status of Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War ⓘ
hasEffect temporary reduction of hostilities in Missouri ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Missouri ⓘ
namedAfter Sterling Price ⓘ
William S. Harney ⓘ
purpose to avoid open conflict in Missouri ⓘ
to keep Missouri neutral at the start of the American Civil War ⓘ
result failure to maintain long-term neutrality in Missouri ⓘ
side1 Union forces in Missouri ⓘ
side2 Missouri State Guard ⓘ
signatory Sterling Price ⓘ
William S. Harney ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
temporalContext early stages of the American Civil War ⓘ
topic Missouri in the American Civil War ⓘ
neutrality of border states ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camp Jackson Affair → relatedEvent → Price–Harney Truce ⓘ
Camp Jackson Massacre → relatedTo → Price–Harney Truce ⓘ
Missouri secession crisis → hasPart → Price–Harney Truce ⓘ
Missouri secession crisis → significantEvent → Price–Harney Truce ⓘ