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.

The date of admission listed for Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky was the official date set by an act of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. [1]

2022年6月13日 · Was Missouri a Confederate State? Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy. As I shared above, it had two rival state governments, and sent representatives to both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.

Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, had two rival state governments, (its Confederate state “government” in exile, operating out of northern Texas), and sent representatives to both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.

During the Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by Union and Confederate sympathizers. The French introduced slavery west of the Mississippi River in the 18th century, and Southerners found it easy to transplant their system of chattel slavery.

2025年1月24日 · Missouri was a border state and sent many men to the armies on both sides. Nearly 110,000 men fought for the Union, while about 40,000 served the Confederacy. They fought both in Missouri and in other states. Many battles …

As a border state, Missouri had a large enslaved African American population that numbered 115,000 by 1860. While many of its residents remained steadfastly loyal to the Union, others vied to protect the institution of slavery and joined the Confederacy.