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Missouri State Guard
Claiborne Fox JacksonClaiborne Fox Jackson entered the world on the 4th of April 1806 in Fleming County, Kentucky. His father Dempsey Carroll Jackson owned tobacco plantations…
The Private History of a Campaign That FailedMark Twain joined the Missouri State Guard in April 1861. He was only twenty-four years old at the time. His enlistment lasted just two weeks before he quit.
Missouri State GuardThe Missouri General Assembly passed the Military Bill on the 11th of May 1861. This law arrived just one day after the Camp Jackson Affair in St. Louis.
Sterling PriceSterling Price was born on the 20th of September 1809 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. His parents owned twelve slaves and were described as moderately…