JANUARY 22, 1864:
Reconstructed
Arkansas appoints Isaac Murphy as the State’s Provisional Governor pending
Statewide elections.
General William Rosecrans U.S.A. replaces General John Schofield U.S.A. as Military Commander of Missouri. At this point in the war, Missouri has become the elephant’s cemetery for unwanted Union generals too influential to push into total obscurity. Though the State is firmly in Union hands, the Civil War (which arguably began here in the 1850s) has degenerated into a fratricidal gang war in which Confederates and Unionists fight each other even while differing bands of Confederates and Unionists each fight each other. Though they all still call themselves “soldiers,” more and more of them are just outlaws still wearing uniforms. Not for no reason was Missouri known after the war as "The Outlaw State."
Many of the well-known and infamous outlaws of the Old West were Missouri men: The James brothers, the Younger brothers, the Dalton Gang, Jim Reed, the Hoodoo Gang, Belle Starr, Ike Clanton, Johnny Ringo, and Calamity Jane, were all natives of the Show Me State. Bloody Bill Anderson and Bill Quantrill were Missourian Confederate raiders who died before the war’s end. Wyatt Earp lived in Missouri for many years.
General William Rosecrans U.S.A. replaces General John Schofield U.S.A. as Military Commander of Missouri. At this point in the war, Missouri has become the elephant’s cemetery for unwanted Union generals too influential to push into total obscurity. Though the State is firmly in Union hands, the Civil War (which arguably began here in the 1850s) has degenerated into a fratricidal gang war in which Confederates and Unionists fight each other even while differing bands of Confederates and Unionists each fight each other. Though they all still call themselves “soldiers,” more and more of them are just outlaws still wearing uniforms. Not for no reason was Missouri known after the war as "The Outlaw State."
Many of the well-known and infamous outlaws of the Old West were Missouri men: The James brothers, the Younger brothers, the Dalton Gang, Jim Reed, the Hoodoo Gang, Belle Starr, Ike Clanton, Johnny Ringo, and Calamity Jane, were all natives of the Show Me State. Bloody Bill Anderson and Bill Quantrill were Missourian Confederate raiders who died before the war’s end. Wyatt Earp lived in Missouri for many years.
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