Missouri Civil War Map of Battles

June 17, 1861 Boonville July 5, 1861 Carthage August 10, 1861 Wilson's Creek / Oak Hills September 2, 1861 Dry Wood Creek / Battle of the Mules September 13-20, 1861 Lexington / Battle of the Hemp Bales September 17, 1861 Liberty / Blue Mills Landing October 21, 1861 Fredericktown October 25, 1861 Springfield / Zagonyi's Charge November 7, 1861 Belmont December 28, 1861 Mount Zion Church January 8, 1862 Roan's Tan Yard / Silver Creek February 28-April 8, 1862 New Madrid August 6-9, 1862 Kirksville August 11, 1862 Independence August 15-16, 1862 Lone Jack September 30, 1862 Newtonia November 7, 1862 Clark's Mill / Vera Cruz January 8, 1863 Springfield January 9-11, 1863 Hartville April 26, 1863 Cape Girardeau September 27, 1864 Fort Davidson / Pilot Knob October 15, 1864 Glasgow October 19, 1864 Lexington October 21, 1864 Little Blue River / Westport October 22, 1864 Independence October 22-23, 1864 Byram's Ford / Big Blue River October 23, 1864 Westport October 25, 1864 Marmiton River / Shiloh Creek / Charlot's Farm October 28, 1864 Newtonia

Missouri State Flag	Centered on red, white and blue fields is the Missouri state seal. It is encircled by a blue band with twenty-four stars representing the number of states in 1821. The stars in the inner circle have the same meaning. Two huge grizzly bears support the circular shield in the center which has three parts.
Missouri State Seal The motto "United We Stand, Divided we Fall" The right section representing the United States The left section containing a moon representing a new state and a grizzly bear representing courage.	4th Missouri

Background: Slavery in Missouri Slavery in Missouri was different from slavery in the deep south. The majority of Missouri's slaves worked as field hands on farms along the fertile valleys of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. St. Louis, the largest city in the state, maintained a fairly small African-American population throughout the early part of the nineteenth century. Life in the cities was different for African-Americans than life on a rural plantation. The opportunities for interaction with whites and free blacks were constant, as were those for greater freedom within their slave status. Because slavery was unprofitable in cities such as St. Louis, African-Americans were often hired out to others without a transfer of ownership. In fact, many masters illegally allowed their slaves to hire themselves out and find their own lodgings. This unusual state of affairs taught African-Americans to fend for themselves, to market their abilities wisely, and to be thrifty with their money. Slavery was not a "Southern" problem alone. Many northern states phased out slavery as late as the 1830s, and states such as Delaware and New Jersey still had slave-owning residents as late as 1860. On a local level, residents of Illinois owned slaves (under long-term indenture agreements of 40 years or longer) during the period of the Dred Scott trials, and a special provision in the Illinois constitution allowed slaves to work in the salt mines across the Mississippi from St. Louis as long as they were not held there for over one year at a stretch. Many people in southern Illinois supported slavery. No slaves in the St. Louis area picked cotton however, and few worked in farm fields. Most worked as stevedores and draymen on the riverfront, on riverboats, in the lead and salt mines, as handymen, janitors and porters (like Dred Scott), and as maids, nannies, and laundresses (like Harriet Scott).

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