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Bonnie Blue Flag,
Fact: Missouri ranked third in the most battles/skirmishes during the
1861-1865 war, following Only Virginia and Tennessee.
The following
is a general but incomplete listing of engagements, extracted from Confederate Military History, Volume
12.Table of
Contents
May 11--U.S. Reserves (Federal) "Home Guard" Troops fire a second time on a crowd at 2nd Presbyterian Church at corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets in St. Louis. Total of six killed (including four "Home Guard") and several innocent bystanders wounded, some seriously.
May 12--Gen. Harney returns to St. Louis to find a "deplorable state of things"
Lyrics by
Harry McCarthy in 1861
Bonnie
Blue Flag
| We
are a band of brothers And native to the soil Fighting for our liberty With treasure blood, and toil And when our rights were threatened, The cry rose near and far Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star! Refrain: As long as the Union First gallant South Carolina Ye men of valor gather And here's to brave Virginia Then here's to our Confederacy Then cheer boys cheer And to Missouri we |