He did, however, form a military unit called the Missouri State Guard (under the command of General Sterling Price, a former Missouri Governor) whose purpose was to resist Federal military action within the state. Jackson refused, informing Washington that he would raise no troops for use against any of the seceded states.
After the war began following the firing on Fort Sumter, the Federal government began raising a volunteer force from the states, and Missouri was asked to supply 4000 men. In February, a convention was called to take up the question, but secession was rejected.ĭespite this setback, Jackson was still determined to put his state on the side of the Confederacy. Jackson was sworn into office, and pushed for the state to secede. In January of 1861, pro Confederate Governor Claiborne F. It was a slave state with many people sympathetic to the Confederate cause, while many others were loyal to the Union. At the nation headed towards Civil War, the border state of Missouri had divided loyalties.
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