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Glimpses of Missouri's Southern History |
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Micah 2:2 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away, so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. |
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"Rather than concede to the State of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my government in any matter, however unimportant; I will see you, and you, and you and every man, woman and child in the State of Missouri dead and buried." Brig. Gen Nathaniel Lyon, US |
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With this evil ideology did the Northern government wage war on the citisens of Missouri. No wonder our soldiers were the most gallant fighting men this country has ever seen and became known as "The South's Finest." |
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Missouri's Battle Flags |
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1st National painted with Missouri state seal and regiment name. First described battle flag in the state. |
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Missouri State Guard
Battle flag of state troops
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Battle flag of Capt. Quantrills Partisan Rangers |
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"I swear to uphold the Constitution of the Confederate States, obey orders and kill Yankees." Oath of Allegiance, Capt. William Anderson |
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"You may kill me but you will never conquer me and taking my life today will cost you a hundred lives and this debt my friends will pay in a short time."
James Vaughan, Partisan Ranger |
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Battle flag of the 1st Missouri Brigade
"The South's Finest" |
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Gen. Marmaduke's
personal battle flag |
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"I have never seen better fighters than these Missouri troops."
Gen. Van Dorn |
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Some of Missouri's Heroes |
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"People abuse us, but, my God, did we not have enough to make us desperate and thirst for revenge? We tried to fight like soldiers but were declared outlaws, hunted under a black flag and murdered like beasts." John McCorkle
Partisan Ranger Scout |
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Gen. Price
Missouri State Guard |
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Governor Jackson |
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"To hell with the artillery;
kill them boys, kill them!
Charge!"
Capt. Todd
Partisan Ranger |
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Capt. Quantrill
Partisan Ranger |
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Capt. Bill Anderson
Partisan Ranger |
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Gen. J.O. Shelby
Never surrendered |
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George Maddox
Partisan Ranger
Chief of Scouts |
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"Conquer or Die!"
Motto of the
1st Missouri Brigade
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"surely such a charge was never made before as the
Missourians made here. The devotion of these troops, their daring, their heroic, unfaltering courage rises to the moral sublime. No record of history can show an instance where patriotic men have better won their title to immortality. Human nature is not capable of higher perfection in the attributes of moral courage and patriotic devotion." Memphis Daily Appeal |
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Gen. Bowen
1st Missouri Brigade |
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