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 ⓘ
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Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War → notableCampaign → Missouri Campaigns ⓘ
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Palmyra Massacre → partOf → violence in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Battle of Boonville → campaign → Missouri campaign of 1861 ⓘ
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