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 * The beginning of the war was in a region called the Trans-Mississippi. it started in 1861-1862. Which consisted of five states that were always loyal to the union. There was only three states that had seceded. Missouri experienced a large amount of partisan skirmishes during the Civil war. The organized armies of 1861 were Brigadier General, Nathaniel Lyon's federals,and the states guards from Missouri.


 * During the summer of 1861, Lyon lead his soldiers west fleeing the Confederal governor.Close by Price's Rebel, was joined by units from Texas. The force planed an attack on Lyon. He was out numbered, with a slight chance of him winning the battle. Lyon launched an surprise attack on the Rebels, on August 10th. The Federals won the first round, but Sigel was driven back. Lyon was killed in the bloody battle, in an area which is now know as "Bloody Hill". The federals withdrew beyond Springfield and left the Confederates in control of the central part of Missouri.


 * Courtus was pushed into the Ozark Mtns. of Arkansas. On March 7th, Pea Ridge was attack by Van Dorn. The Confederates lost many great high ranking commanders. After the battle at Pea Ridge, Confederate units split upn and reunited when they were called east to meet the threat at Corinth, Mississippi. Brigadier Gerneal Herny H. Sibley Convinced President Davis to let him launch a expedition into New Mexico. He defeated a large amount of federal force at Valverde, New Mexico in the late February of 1862. Then, he took Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. (watch video)media type="youtube" key="30jridXzoF0?fs=1" height="444" width="456" align="left"




 * Federal soldiers surprised Sibley's Texans in the Santa Fe trail, on March 28th. The Confederate expedition was forced to fold, because of the lack of supplies. On the way back to Texas, many Rebel lives were lost due to starvation and health problems. Action west of Mississippi, not including Arkansas and Louisiana, consisted of isolated actions and short lived campaigns for the next two and a half years.


 * The Indian territory had a problem between tribes that were loyal to the North. There were several federal commands made including: Brigadier General James Blount's "Rainbow Coalition", Of Whites, African Americans, and Native Americans, Battled Cooper and Pike's forces to keep the union in control of frontier areas. The other union forces were busy with problems, the reach of the Confederacy. The Sioux waged war against the US Army. Other western areas experienced similar dilemma. Sterling Pride may an attempt to recover Missouri again in the Autumn of 1864. He then suffered defeats at Independence and West port and he was also hounded by three federal commands.


 * When the North gained control of the Mississippi River the Federals took position of Arkansas and Louisiana. In the Spring of 1864, Taylor combined the Union army and the navy campaigned up Louisiana's Red River. While the Federals met with Defeat at Camden, Arkansas. The failures meant that the North needed to keep a large amount of garrisons in the two states.

................................................................. ~By Alexis Rosales, Ashlyn Mahnke, and Mikalah Sultan.~ <Shmexy girls!!!(:3(:

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 * The Civil War Experience, Jay Wertz, Carlton Books 2006