Table of Data Points

Tag : Missouri


	1863-01-08		Springfield	Union troops repel a Confederate raid on this important supply depot. Fighting was urban and house-to-house, which was rare in the war.	Read about 'Springfield' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Springfield'
	1862-11-07		Clark's Mill	Having received reports that Confederate troops were in the area, Capt Hiram Barstow, Union commander at Clark's Mill, sent a detachment toward Gainesville and he led another southeastward	Read about 'Clark's Mill' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Clark's Mill'
	1862-09-30		Newtonia	Newtonia was one of the few battles during the Civil War in which Native Americans played a significant role on both sides.	Read about 'Newtonia' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Newtonia'
	1862-08-15	1862-08-16	Lone Jack	The battle was part of the Confederate guerrilla and recruiting campaign in Missouri in 1862	Read about 'Lone Jack' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Lone Jack'
	1862-08-11		Independence	The battle formed a part of Confederate Gen Sterling Price's 1864 Missouri Campaign, which culminated in his defeat at the Battle of Westport one day later	Read about 'Independence' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Independence'
	1862-08-06	1862-08-09	Kirksville	The Union victory helped consolidate Federal control over northeastern Missouri	Read about 'Kirksville' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Kirksville'
	1862-02-28	1862-04-08	Island No. 10	The Union victory marked the first time the Confederate army lost a position on the Mississippi River in battle. The river was then open to the Union Navy as far as Fort Pillow, a short distance above Memphis.	Read about 'Island No. 10' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Island No. 10'
	1862-01-08		Silver Creek	Rumors and sightings of a Confederate force in Howard County. A Union force found and destroyed the camp. The Confederates could no longer use their Randolph County base for recruiting and raiding.	Read about 'Silver Creek' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Silver Creek'
	1861-12-28		Mount Zion Church	The Union victory here and elsewhere in central Missouri ended Confederate recruiting activities in the region and pushed conventional Confederate forces out of the area until the desperate fall 1864 invasion by General Sterling Price and hi...	Read about 'Mount Zion Church' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Mount Zion Church'
	1861-11-07		Belmont	The first combat test in the American Civil War for Gen Ulysses Grant, the future Union Army general in chief and eventual president; Grant's troops in this battle were the 'nucleus' of the Union's notable Army of the Tennessee	Read about 'Belmont' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Belmont'

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