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The Battle of Carthage, Missouri, was the first full-scale land
battle of the Civil War. Governor Claiborne Jackson's rebel
Missouri State Guard made its way toward southwest Missouri near
where Confederate volunteers collected in Arkansas, while Colonel
Franz Sigel's Union force occupied Springfield with orders to
intercept and block the rebels from reaching the Confederates. The
two armies collided near Carthage on July 5, 1861. The battle
lasted for ten hours, spread over several miles, and included six
separate engagements before the Union army withdrew under the cover
of darkness. The New York Times called it ""the first serious
conflict between the United States troops and the rebels."" This
book describes the events leading up to the battle, the battle
itself, and the aftermath.
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