Tag: Missouri


  • Series 2: From Secession to Pea Ridge (1860โ€“1862) โ€” Article 2 Camp Jackson shattered Missouriโ€™s fragile peace in May 1861, turning political crisis into open violence and pushing the state toward civil war. Camp Jackson Affair: The Spark in St. Louis Missouriโ€™s Civil War did not begin on a battlefield. It began in a city…

  • Series 2: From Secession to Pea Ridge (1860โ€“1862) โ€” Article 1 Missouri Civil War tensions explode as elections, militias, and political collapse push the state toward open conflict. The Road to War was being paved. The Road to War โ€“ Missouri on the Brink (1860โ€“1861) Missouri did not stumble into war. It was pushed โ€”…

  • Series 2: From Secession to Pea Ridge (1860โ€“1862) โ€” Introduction Missouri Civil War chaos erupts in 1861 as secession, militias, and a divided government pull the state into the conflictโ€™s opening battles. Missouri Civil War โ€“ The War Comes to Missouri: Secession & Chaos Begin Missouri did not slip quietly into the Civil War โ€”…