4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 months)
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4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 months)
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The 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment evolved from one of several unofficial pro-Unionist militia units formed semi-secretly in St. Louis in the early months of 1861 by Congressman Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and other Unionist activists. The organization that would become the Fourth Missouri was largely composed of ethnic Germans, who were generally opposed to slavery and strongly supportive of the Unionist cause. Although initially without any official standing, beginning on April 22, 1861, four m
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Missouri_Infantry_Regiment_(Union,_3_months)
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2022-03-13T20:39:02Z
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