The Civil War in Missouri, Day by Day, 1861 to 1865 When the conflict began, families, friends, and neighbors frequently found themselves on opposite sides. Missourians had strong loyalties to both the North and the South. As a border state and a slave state surrounded by free neighbors, Missouri became one of the most hotly contested regions in the country. In Missouri, due in part to the famous "compromise" that bore the state's name, those issues reached the boiling point during the 1850s. The disagreements over states' rights and slavery gradually sharpened across the nation before the Civil War. The Civil War's First Blood: Missouri, 1854-1861 Robert Frizzell discusses Civil War-era conflicts near Concordia, MO, AugNonfiction
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