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re: Do you consider Arkansas and Missouri rivals?
Posted on 2/17/13 at 7:49 pm to bayou2003
Posted on 2/17/13 at 7:49 pm to bayou2003
That's great and all but here are some numbers that show their Yankeeness:
By the end of the Civil War Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and about 40,000 troops for the Confederate Army.
By the end of the Civil War Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and about 40,000 troops for the Confederate Army.
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Posted on 2/17/13 at 7:52 pm to I Ham That I Ham
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That's great and all but here are some numbers that show their Yankeeness:
By the end of the Civil War Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and about 40,000 troops for the Confederate Army.
A lot of Missouri fighters were rebels. Southern and Western Missouri was confederate. Jasper Co even flew the confederate flag at the courthouse in Carthage. That's why you never hear about any pro union Missourians or famous people fighting for the union. You only hear about the ones that supported the confederacy.
This post was edited on 2/17/13 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 2/17/13 at 9:04 pm to I Ham That I Ham
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That's great and all but here are some numbers that show their Yankeeness:
By the end of the Civil War Missouri had supplied nearly 110,000 troops to the Union and about 40,000 troops for the Confederate Army.
:beatdeadhorse: :beatdeadhorse:
This is older than old on this site, but this is the lure I've never been able to not bite.
Don't forget that over 30,000 Union troops that came from St. Louis were foreign born. Thousands of other Union troops throughout Missouri were also foreign born.
And 40k Confederate is a very low ball number, I've seen sites with over 50k reported. Also, Missouri is the state known most for unofficial Confederate participants.
We have a 17 county region that is called Little Dixie, which doesn't count the Ozarks which is more southern than many parts of the real south.
It was a divided state, I know you think its a major jimmy rustling topic but its getting pretty old.. time to just be real about it.
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