Death to Bushwhackers

Saturday, March 15, 2008

During the Civil War, the Department of the Missouri was one of the most difficult places for the Union Army to control because of the political divisiveness within the state. Union forces never completely occupied all of Missouri; however, as the war progressed, Union forces mostly comprised of Missouri State Militia troops occupied almost all of the strategic cities and towns in the state. All of the Union generals commanding the Department of the Missouri believed in "death to Bushwhackers."

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