Missouri secession crisis

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The Missouri secession crisis was a pivotal early–Civil War political and military struggle over whether the border state of Missouri would join the Confederacy or remain in the Union.

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instanceOf American Civil War event
political crisis
secession crisis
appliesToJurisdiction State of Missouri
conflictIn American Civil War
country United States
describedAs pivotal early–Civil War political and military struggle over Missouri’s allegiance
endTime 1861
followedBy guerrilla warfare in Missouri
long-term Union military occupation of Missouri
hasCause dispute over Missouri’s allegiance in the American Civil War
divided loyalties in a border state
hasCharacteristic border state conflict
internal division between Unionists and secessionists
hasEffect Missouri remained in the Union
creation of a pro-Union provisional government in Missouri
establishment of a Confederate state government-in-exile for Missouri
hasPart Battle of Boonville
Battle of Carthage (1861)
Battle of Wilson’s Creek
Camp Jackson Affair
Neosho secession ordinance
Planter’s House Hotel meeting
Price–Harney Truce
establishment of the Missouri provisional government
location Missouri
mainSubject Confederate influence in Missouri
Union control of Missouri
secession of Missouri
participant Claiborne Fox Jackson
Confederate States government
Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1861
Missouri General Assembly
Missouri State Guard
Nathaniel Lyon
Sterling Price
Union Army
result Confederate-aligned Missourians claimed secession via the Neosho ordinance
Missouri officially remained a Union state
significantEvent Battle of Boonville
Battle of Wilson’s Creek
Camp Jackson Affair
Neosho secession ordinance
Price–Harney Truce
startTime 1861
temporalContext early phase of the American Civil War

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Camp Jackson Affair relatedEvent Missouri secession crisis
Missouri State Guard organizedBy Missouri secessionist government
linked to: Missouri secession crisis
American Civil War in Missouri hasEvent Missouri constitutional convention of 1861
linked to: Missouri secession crisis
Camp Jackson Massacre relatedTo Missouri secession crisis
Missouri secession crisis participant Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1861
linked to: Missouri secession crisis
Missouri secession crisis result Confederate-aligned Missourians claimed secession via the Neosho ordinance
linked to: Missouri secession crisis
Claiborne Fox Jackson eventAssociatedWith Missouri secession crisis
Battle of Boonville associatedWith Unionist government in Missouri
linked to: Missouri secession crisis