Battle of Carthage, Missouri
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 ...
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 ...
