The Civil War in Missouri: A Nineteenth Century Conflict Relevant to the Twenty-First Century Warfighter

Abstract

Although some scholars have minimized the significance of the Civil War in Missouri, it played an important role in President Abraham Lincoln's national strategy. Missouri, a border state, remained in the Union despite its Southern culture and slavery status, and keeping it and other border states in the Union was a predominant driving factor in Lincoln's approach to the war. The study of the Civil War in Missouri is still relevant to today's warfighter as the conflict combines lessons on strategic culture, the element of conventional warfare, and a component of irregular warfare.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177301

Entities

People

  • Zachary M. Knight

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Birds
  • Civil War
  • Civil War (United States)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Illinois
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • Mississippi River
  • National Governments
  • New York
  • State Governments
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare
  • West Virginia

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.