Tag: Civil War
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Series 3: The Guerrilla Years (1862–1864) — Article 6 Centralia Massacre shows Missouri’s guerrilla war at its worst—sudden violence, no front lines, and a state where fear became the map. The Centralia Massacre was not a conventional battle. It was a rupture. A moment that exposed what Missouri’s guerrilla war had become when retaliation, rumor,…
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Series 3: The Guerrilla Years (1862–1864) — Article 5 Underground networks kept Missouri’s guerrilla war alive through women, couriers, shelter, silence, and the risky movement of people and information. Underground Networks and the War No One Could See Missouri’s guerrilla war was not sustained by gunfire alone. It was sustained by what happened before the…
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Series 3: The Guerrilla Years (1862–1864) — Article 4 Order No. 11 emptied four Missouri counties, creating the Burnt District and reshaping Missouri’s guerrilla war into a civilian crisis. Order No. 11 was not a battle. It was a policy response. A forced removal. And it left behind a name Missouri still carries: The Burnt…