Missouri Front (American Civil War)
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Were a series of battles between the Missouri State Guard and the Union during the American Civil War.
Chronology
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September 1861: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Wilson's Creek or Oak Hills.
October 1861: A splinter government in Neosho, Missouri, declared the secession of the state from the United States.
September 1861: Union troop maneuver preceding the First Battle of Lexington. Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard.
October 1861: Battle of Fredericktown: Union victory.
October 1861: First Battle of Springfield. Union forces capture town.
December 1861: Skirmish at Blackwater Creek. Union forces under General Pope capture a newly recruited Missouri State Guard regiment.
December 1861: Battle of Mount Zion Church: The resulting Union victory here and elsewhere in central Missouri ended Confederate recruiting activities in the region and pushed conventional Confederate forces out of the area.
October 1861: Union troop retreat after the First Battle of Lexington.
August 1861: Confederate troop retreat after the Battle of Carthage.
August 1861: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Wilson's Creek or Oak Hills.
July 1861: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Carthage.
May 1861: The Missouri State Guard (MSG) was a military force established by the Missouri General Assembly on May 11, 1861.
Selected Sources
Beers, Henry Putney (1986). The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America. Washington, DC: NARA. p. 329
Jones, T.L. (2011): Historical Dictionary of the Civil War, Volume 1, Scarecrow Press, p. 546
List of American Civil War battles. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 31 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_battles
Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States. University of Houston. Retrieved on 4 April 2024 on https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953
