Missouri in the American Civil War
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missouri-in-the-american-civil-war-170-3311764
title:
Missouri in the American Civil War
text:
During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals, and supplies to both sides, maintained dual governments, and endured a bloody neighbor-against-neighbor intrastate war within the larger national war. A slave state since statehood in 1821, Missouri's geographic position in the central region of the country and at the rural edge of the American frontier ensured that it remained a divisive batt
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_in_the_American_Civil_War
date created:
2006-08-17T22:58:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:16:18Z
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13
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