St. Louis Massacre and Missouri During the Civil War
By Charlie. Filed in History & Government, Travel |
Missouri is one of those states in the Midwest that has states all around it. Some of those states seemed surrounded by other states, which of course they are, but I mean they really seem like they’re closed in. I guess it’s no different than states that sit on one of the coasts, they have something else on all borders and it’s easy to fill wrapped in by the sea. I think with Missouri I mean more the amount of states, or other elements, that actually surround it. Do you have any idea how many states border the state of Missouri? Eight states. That’s right, there are eights states that border the single state of Missouri, that’s a lot right? I mean, if I were a resident I think I would feel a little nervous, but that’s ridiculous of course. It may have more states that border it but it doesn’t have as much land area as what say state like Texas or California has. And I’m from California, but our borders don’t make me at all nervous. I guess I don’t know what I’m talking about. Other states don’t try and take over states, I must belong to a previous time period, like the Civil War or something.
Missouri has had an incredible interesting history, and was the location of the Mormon War, if you can remember that. There were other states with Mormon wars, like in Utah, it was just called the Utah War and Illinois had a minor Mormon war, which is typically known as the Illinois Mormon War. Anyway, it as the Civil War that interests me and sometimes I’m even led to believe in reincarnation based on my fascination with it. It’s more than just interest, sometimes I feel like my life perspectives are more in tune with that time in Missouri’s history than in the current. Tourists will usually visit memorials and be interested in aspects of the St. Louis Massacre and you can find information here on hotels that have different battle sites locations and stuff. Missouri was originally a Union state and May of 1861 Union soldiers battled with civilians on the streets of St. Louis. At least 28 people were killed during the confrontation and over one hundred were murdered. This event caused a lot of Missouri citizens to back the Confederacy. Conflict between the two sides continued to plague the state throughout the war.
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