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The Missouri Home Guard

Author : Petra DeWitt
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826274781
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Missouri Home Guard written by Petra DeWitt and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missouri was one of many states that established a defense organization to take over the duties of the National Guard that had been federalized for military service when the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. The tasks of this volunteer Home Guard included traditional National Guard responsibilities such as providing introductory military training for draftable men, protecting crucial infrastructure from potential enemy activities, and maintaining law and order during labor activism. The Home Guard also functioned to preserve patriotism and reduce opposition to the war. Service in the Guard was a way to show loyalty to one’s country, particularly for German Americans, who were frequently under suspicion as untrustworthy. Many German Americans in Missouri enthusiastically signed up to dispel any whispers of treason, while others found themselves torn between the motherland and their new homeland. Men too old or exempt from the draft for other reasons found meaning in helping with the war effort through the Home Guard while also garnering respect from the community. For similar reasons, women attempted to join the organization as did African Americans, some of whom formed units of a “Negro Home Guard.” Informed by the dynamics of race, gender, and ethnicity, DeWitt’s consideration of this understudied but important organization examines the fluctuating definition of patriotism and the very real question of who did and who did not have the privilege of citizenship and acceptance in society.

The American Home Guard

Author : Barry M. Stentiford
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441815
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The American Home Guard written by Barry M. Stentiford and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since colonial times Americans have used the militia to maintain local order during both war and peacetime. States have intermittently created, maintained, deployed, and disbanded countless militia organizations outside the scope of the better-known National Guard. Barry M. Stentiford tells the story of these militia units--variously called home guards, State Guard, National Guard Reserve, and State Defense Forces. Stentiford traces the evolution of the militia over the past century, demonstrating its transformation from an amalgamation of state militia units into the National Guard, a reserve of the army. Ironically, the very existence of the National Guard made the creation of other militia forces necessary during periods of war. The home guards or State Guard were organized to fill the vacuum left when the National Guard was called up, depriving states of an organized militia that could be mobilized for repelling invasions, suppressing riots, controlling strikes, or guarding the waterfront. Stentiford carefully analyzes the challenges that faced the State Guards as states sought to build their new militia with leftover men and material. He also examines the role of the State Guard: providing relief during and after natural disasters, providing military training for future draftees, and broadening participation in military units during wartime by giving a role to men who, because of their age or occupation, could not join the federal forces. The State Guard gained a new significance in the Cold War, especially as the political unpalatability of a draft and reductions in the size of the full-time military expanded the functions of the National Guard in military policy. Today modern state militias, born to an ancient tradition, must define a role for themselves in a society that increasingly views them as anachronistic. They mut also compete ideologically with so-called unorganized militias for the title of true heir to the American militia tradition.

The Twenty-first Missouri

Author : Leslie Anders
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Twenty-first Missouri written by Leslie Anders and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1975-08-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regimental history of the 21st Missouri which was formed in Northwestern Missouri when two home guard Missouri Volunteer units merged into a Union regiment. They began their long service by fighting guerilla soldiers. They would go on to fight at Shiloh, Corinth, Tupelo, Nashville, Mobile, and later return to Missouri to fight during Price's Raid of 1864.

Wilson's Creek

Author : William Garrett Piston
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807855751
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Wilson's Creek written by William Garrett Piston and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Mi

Assuring the National Guard is as Ready at Home as it is Abroad

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assuring the National Guard is as Ready at Home as it is Abroad written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fight for Missouri

Author : Thomas Lowndes Snead
Publisher : Gale Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fight for Missouri written by Thomas Lowndes Snead and published by Gale Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1886 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Five Stars

Author : James F. Muench
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826265340
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Five Stars written by James F. Muench and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Profiles five U. S. military generals from Missouri: Alexander William Doniphan, who served in the Mexican-American War; Sterling Price, who served in the Civil War (Confederate); Ulysses S. Grant, who also served in the Civil War (Union); John Pershing, who served in WWI; and Omar Bradley, who served in WWII"--Provided by publisher.

Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms

Author : William K. Emerson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806126227
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms written by William K. Emerson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: army branches - infantry, artillery, cavalry, and engineers - as well as the service and support branches comprising doctors and nurses, chaplains, musicians, quartermasters, military police, and the many others who have made up the U.S. Army. Insignia worn by all soldiers, such as eagles, devices with the letters US, and other letters and numbers, are also described and illustrated. Historians, military collectors, military reenactors, antique dealers and collectors,

Civil War St. Louis

Author : Louis S. Gerteis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Civil War St. Louis written by Louis S. Gerteis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Louis played a key role as a strategic staging ground for the Union Army in the American Civil War. This is a portrait of a war-torn city, encompassing a wide range of events such as the murder of publisher Elijah Lovejoy, the infamous Dred Scott saga, battles in the city, and more.

General Officers of the Army and Air National Guard

Author : United States. National Guard Bureau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book General Officers of the Army and Air National Guard written by United States. National Guard Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865

Author : James E. McGhee
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610751742
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (517 download)

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Book Synopsis Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865 by : James E. McGhee

Download or read book Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865 written by James E. McGhee and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the origins and history of Missouri Confederate units that served during the Civil War is nearly as difficult as comprehending the diverse politics that produced them. Deeply torn by the issues that caused the conflict, some Missourians chose sides enthusiastically, others reluctantly, while a number had to choose out of sheer necessity, for fence straddling held no sway in the state after the fighting began. The several thousand that sided with the Confederacy formed a variety of military organizations, some earning reputations for hard fighting exceeded by few other states, North or South. Unfortunately, the records of Missouri's Confederate units have not been adequately preserved—officially or otherwise—until now. James E. McGhee is a highly respected and widely published authority on the Civil War in Missouri; the scope of this book is startling, the depth of detail gratifying, its reliability undeniable, and the unit narratives highly readable. McGhee presents accounts of the sixty-nine artillery, cavalry, and infantry units in the state, as well as their precedent units and those that failed to complete their organization. Relying heavily on primary sources, such as rosters, official reports, order books, letters, diaries, and memoirs, he weaves diverse materials into concise narratives of each of Missouri's Confederate organizations. He lists the field-grade officers for battalions and regiments, companies and company commanders, and places of origin for each company when known. In addition to listing all the commanding officers in each unit, he includes a bibliography germane to the unit, while a supplemental bibliography provides the other sources used in preparing this unique and comprehensive resource.

Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865

Author : Jay Monaghan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803236059
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865 written by Jay Monaghan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1955-01-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first phase of the Civil War was fought west of the Mississippi River at least six years before the attack on Fort Sumter. Starting with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Jay Monaghan traces the development of the conflict between the pro-slavery elements from Missouri and the New England abolitionists who migrated to Kansas. "Bleeding Kansas" provided a preview of the greater national struggle to come. The author allows a new look at Quantrill's sacking of Lawrence, organized bushwhackery, and border battles that cost thousands of lives. Not the least valuable are chapters on the American Indians’ part in the conflict. The record becomes devastatingly clear: the fighting in the West was the cruelest and most useless of the whole affair, and if men of vision had been in Washington in the 1850s it might have been avoided.

Missouri Troops in Service During the Civil War

Author : United States. Record and Pension Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Missouri Troops in Service During the Civil War written by United States. Record and Pension Office and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Osceola, Missouri, The Burning of 1861

Author : Richard F. Sunderwirth
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781492731733
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Osceola, Missouri, The Burning of 1861 written by Richard F. Sunderwirth and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the sun went down Sunday night," concluded the brigade correspondent, "Osceola was a heap of smoldering ruins. Well over two thousand people were left homeless and perhaps the fairest city in Missouri had been utterly wiped from the face of the earth. Union Brigadier General Jim Lane left Osceola with all their plunder and headed for Kansas, leaving old age, and helpless innocents to keep vigil over the dead and wounded, and life blood and tears marked the spot which only a few short hours before had been peaceful, contented, happy homes."

Messages and Proclamation of the Governors of the State of Missouri

Author : Missouri. Governor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Messages and Proclamation of the Governors of the State of Missouri written by Missouri. Governor and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of the State of Missouri

Author : Missouri. Governor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of the State of Missouri written by Missouri. Governor and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Service of the Missouri National Guard on the Mexican Border Under the President's Order of June 18, 1916

Author : Missouri. Office of the Adjutant General
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Service of the Missouri National Guard on the Mexican Border Under the President's Order of June 18, 1916 written by Missouri. Office of the Adjutant General and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: