Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 3 Battle of Cole Camp — June 19, 1861: A pre-dawn pro-Southern attack crushed Union Home Guards in Benton County, Missouri. Two days after Boonville, Missouri’s war showed its other face — not a daylight push on a road, but a sudden strike in the dark. Cole Camp (June…

Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 2 Battle of Boonville — June 17, 1861: Lyon’s Union victory secured the Missouri River and scattered pro-Southern forces. If Camp Jackson lit the fuse in St. Louis, Boonville was the first time Missouri’s Civil War sprinted into the open. On June 17, 1861, the fight for the Missouri…

Missouri Civil War Battles — Part 1 Camp Jackson Affair — May 10, 1861: Union forces seized a pro-Southern militia camp in St. Louis, sparking riot and bloodshed. On May 10, 1861, St. Louis didn’t just witness the Civil War — it felt it. The Camp Jackson Affair was the moment Missouri’s political crisis turned…