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  2. The Missouri State Guard (MSG) was a military force established by the Missouri General Assembly on May 11, 1861. While not a formation of the Confederate States Army, the Missouri State Guard fought alongside Confederate troops and, at various times, served under Confederate officers.

    • 1861–1865
    • 23,000–28,000 (1861)
  3. It was fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri. In August, Confederates under Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch and Missouri State Guard troops under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price approached Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon's Army of the West, camped at Springfield.

    • August 10, 1861
  4. Jackson named former governor and Mexican War hero Sterling Price a major general to command a re-organized militia, now styled the Missouri State Guard. Its ranks swelled with volunteers, many (but not all) of whom hoped to see Missouri join the Confederacy.

  5. Greene and Christian County, MO | Aug 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon’s Army of the West was camped at Springfield, Missouri, with Confederate troops from Arkansas under the command of Brig. Gen. Ben McCulloch approaching. McCulloch's men had reinforced Missouri State Guard forces under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price.

  6. Events leading to the battlefield began on June 11, 1861, in St. Louis at a meeting in the Planters’ House hotel between Missouri secessionist leaders Claiborne Fox Jackson, the state’s governor, and General Sterling Price, the commander of the Missouri State Guard, and a federal delegation including General Nathaniel Lyon, the commander of ...

  7. Nov 6, 2009 · On August 10, 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon (1818-61) attacked Confederate forces commanded by General Sterling Price (1809-67) and General Benjamin McCulloch...

  8. the missouri state guard: culture, politics, and the confederacy’s loss of missouri in 1861 a thesis presented to the department of humanities and social sciences in candidacy for the degree of master of arts by jarrett m. willet northwest missouri state university maryville, missouri april 2015

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