Controlling Missouri, Part 2: This Means War

Tags: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

08/15/2018 Chris Calton

Season 3, Episode 18. After the “Walnut Street Massacre” in St. Louis, more people shift their support to the Confederacy. In response, Nathaniel Lyon declares war on the state of Missouri, and wages the first small, but significant, battle of the state in Booneville.

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