Missouri State Militia
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Missouri State Militia may refer to any of several military organizations of the American Civil War:
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- Missouri State Militia (pre-Missouri State Guard)Missouri State Militia (pre-Missouri State Guard)The Missouri Volunteer Militia was the state militia organization of Missouri prior to the Missouri State Guard in the American Civil War.Prior to the Civil War, Missouri had an informal state militia that could be called up by the governor for emergencies or annual drill "in accordance with the...
- Missouri State GuardMissouri State GuardThe Missouri State Guard was a state militia organized in the state of Missouri during the early days of the American Civil War. While not initially a formal part of the Confederate States Army, the State Guard fought alongside Confederate troops and, at times, under regular Confederate...
- Missouri State Militia (Union)Missouri State Militia (Union)The Missouri State Militia was a federally funded state militia organization of Missouri conceived in 1861 and beginning service in 1862 during the American Civil War...
- Enrolled Missouri MilitiaEnrolled Missouri MilitiaThe Enrolled Missouri Militia was a state militia organization of Missouri in 1862 during the American Civil War. It was a part-time force whose primary purpose was to serve as garrison and infrastructure guards, both to augment the Unionist Missouri State Militia in defense versus raids and to...
- Provisional Enrolled Missouri MilitiaProvisional Enrolled Missouri MilitiaThe Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia or PEMM also known as the Detailed Militia was a state militia organization of Missouri's Union government during the American Civil War...
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- Missouri Home Guard (Union)Home Guard (Union)In the American Civil War the Home Guard or Home Guards were local militia raised from Union loyalists.-Missouri:In Missouri after the start of the Civil War there were several competing organizations attempting to either take the state out of the Union or keep the state within it...
- Missouri Minutemen (Secessionist)