Category
page 1Missouri in the American Civil War
Carthage
city in Missouri, United States
Missouri Compromise
legislative compromise between pro- and anti-slavery parties in the run-up to the American Civil War
Dred Scott v. Sandford
1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans
Bleeding Kansas
violent political confrontations in the United States centered around slavery
Avilla
village in Jasper County, Missouri, United States

Ride with the Devil
1999 film by Ang Lee

Bushwhacker
thumb|right|Notorious Confederate bushwhacker Bloody Bill Anderson
thumb|Three bushwackers; Archie Clement, Dave Pool, and Bill Hendricks.
thumb|John Nichols, a bushwacker who operated in Johnson and Pettis Counties in 1862–1863, prior to his execution in Jefferson City, Missouri, October 30, 1863
Bushwhacking was a form of guerrilla warfare common during the American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, American Civil War and other conflicts in which there were large areas of contested land and few governmental resources to control these tracts. This was particularly prevalent in rural areas durin
James-Younger Gang
criminal organization
Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War
theater of the American Civil War
Army of the Mississippi
unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War
Price’s Missouri Expedition
1864 military campaign of the American Civil War
Camp Jackson Affair
Massacre during American Civil War
Quantrill's Raiders
pro-Confederate partisan guerrillas in the American Civil War
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
railway line in the United States of America