The Battle of Carthage (Missouri): Commander-in-Chief (Governor) Claiborne F. Jackson, commanding the inexperienced and poorly armed Missouri State Guard, defeats the Third Missouri Infantry, commanded by compulsory Union Colonel Franz Sigel, reviving Missouri’s secessionist aspirations.
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- Sigel was a “Forty-Eighter,” a German exile who had participated in the failed proto-communist revolutions 13 years previous in Europe. The uniforms that Sigel designed for his regiment closely resembled that which he wore in 1848.
- Twenty-five Americans lost their lives.
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References:
Franz Sigel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Sigel
Battle of Carthage (1861) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carthage_(1861)
Chronology Of The American Civil War
civilwarhome.com/timeline.htm
Alan Stang—Republican Party, Red From the Start
www.newswithviews.com/Stang/alan30.htm
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