MAY 11, 1861.-Riot in Saint Louis, Mo.

An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved.

Whereas the Government of the United States, in the possession and under the control of a sectional party, has wantonly violated the compact originally made between said Government and the State of Missouri, by invading with hostile armies the soil of the State, attacking and making prisoners the militia while legally assembled under the State laws, forcibly occupying the State capitol, and attempting through the instrumentality of domestic traitors to usurp the State government, seizing and destroying private property, and murdering with fiendish malignity peaceable citizens, men, women, and children, together with other acts of atrocity, indicating a deep-settled hostility toward the people of Missouri and their institutions; and

Whereas the present Administration of the Government of the United States has utterly ignored the Constitution, subverted the Government as constructed and intended by its makers, and established a despotic and arbitrary power instead thereof: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Missouri, That all political ties of every character now existing between the Government of the United States of America and the people and government of the State of Missouri are hereby dissolved, and the State of Missouri, resuming the sovereignty granted by compact to the said United States upon admission of said State into the Federal Union, does again take its place as a free and independent republic amongst the nations of the earth.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, October 31, 1861.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/missouri/confederate/secession
 
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 10.

Saint Louis, November 26, 1861.

No prisoner of war exchanged in accordance with the terms of the agreement made between Generals Fremont and Price on the 26th of October, 1861, who at the time of such exchange was within the enemy's lines will on any pretense be permitted to come within our lines in this department, and any one so returning will be immediately arrested and placed under guard. All such prisoners so found within our lines without a proper permission from these headquarters will be immediately arrested. No prisoner of war so exchanged will be permitted to leave Saint Louis without escort; and all officers having such prisoners in charge will report to these headquarters for instructions.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/114/0562
 
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved.

Whereas the Government of the United States, in the possession and under the control of a sectional party, has wantonly violated the compact originally made between said Government and the State of Missouri, by invading with hostile armies the soil of the State, attacking and making prisoners the militia while legally assembled under the State laws, forcibly occupying the State capitol, and attempting through the instrumentality of domestic traitors to usurp the State government, seizing and destroying private property, and murdering with fiendish malignity peaceable citizens, men, women, and children, together with other acts of atrocity, indicating a deep-settled hostility toward the people of Missouri and their institutions; and

Whereas the present Administration of the Government of the United States has utterly ignored the Constitution, subverted the Government as constructed and intended by its makers, and established a despotic and arbitrary power instead thereof: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Missouri, That all political ties of every character now existing between the Government of the United States of America and the people and government of the State of Missouri are hereby dissolved, and the State of Missouri, resuming the sovereignty granted by compact to the said United States upon admission of said State into the Federal Union, does again take its place as a free and independent republic amongst the nations of the earth.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, October 31, 1861.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/missouri/confederate/secession
Neosho Legislature and Secession Ordinance
The Neosho Secession Ordinance has long been a source of mystery for historians due to the unusual circumstances surrounding it. Ironically, the authority to secede had originally been given by the legislature to the State convention based upon the idea that a constitutional rewrite might have been needed for an ordinance of secession to be passed. It is unclear whether the legislature had the authority to secede under State, if not Federal law, without the direction of the convention. At the same time, however, it is questionable as to whether the State Constitutional convention had the legal power to expel both the entire executive and legislature from office and appoint new State officers, especially considering that at that specific point in time, no ordinance of secession had been passed, and it was legally nebulous whether any of the previous officers had committed treason or any other impeachable offense. Questions remain unresolved to this day as to whether Jackson's secessionist government or Gamble's provisional government was the legitimate government of Missouri. Jackson supporters claimed their status as the popularly elected government of Missouri to bolster their legitimacy, whereas Gamble had control of the old state capitol and had also been placed in office by a body elected by the state to determine the state's place in the Union.​

Perhaps the biggest mystery of Neosho is whether Jackson's legislature had a quorum to permit it to convene — a mystery that has prompted many historians to dismiss the Neosho government as a "rump" legislature.
Evidence

The House Journal, recently discovered in the collections of the State Historical Society of Missouri, casts doubt on such assertions of quorum. Complete from the beginning of the session to end, the handwritten document never reports a roll call vote, so there is no authentication of the quorum. Newspaper accounts of the claims of the lone House member who the Journal reports as having voted no on both the articles of secession and affiliation with the Confederacy, Isaac N. Shambaugh of DeKalb County, further cloud the earlier claims of legitimacy. The [Columbia] Missouri Statesman of January 31, 1862, offered coverage of Shambaugh's speech to constituents in which he claimed that the legislative quorum was fraudulent, with at best only 39 House members and 10 members of the Senate present at either Neosho or Cassville, and that the names of affirmative voting members were deliberately excluded from both House and Senate journals. He corroborated the House Journal by claiming to have been the lone no votes on the two bills.

Acting on the ordinance passed by the Jackson government, the Confederate Congress admitted Missouri as the 12th confederate state on November 28, 1861. The Jackson government subsequently named Senators to the Confederate Congress. It was driven into exile from Missouri after confederates lost control of the state and Jackson died a short while later in Arkansas. The secessionist government continued in exile, eventually setting up a legislature in Marshall, Texas until the end of the war. At the war's conclusion, the successors to the provisional government continued to govern the state of Missouri.​
 
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 10.

Saint Louis, November 26, 1861.

No prisoner of war exchanged in accordance with the terms of the agreement made between Generals Fremont and Price on the 26th of October, 1861, who at the time of such exchange was within the enemy's lines will on any pretense be permitted to come within our lines in this department, and any one so returning will be immediately arrested and placed under guard. All such prisoners so found within our lines without a proper permission from these headquarters will be immediately arrested. No prisoner of war so exchanged will be permitted to leave Saint Louis without escort; and all officers having such prisoners in charge will report to these headquarters for instructions.

By order of Major-General Halleck:

J. C. KELTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/114/0562
What is being asserted here if anything?
 
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved.

Whereas the Government of the United States, in the possession and under the control of a sectional party, has wantonly violated the compact originally made between said Government and the State of Missouri, by invading with hostile armies the soil of the State, attacking and making prisoners the militia while legally assembled under the State laws, forcibly occupying the State capitol, and attempting through the instrumentality of domestic traitors to usurp the State government, seizing and destroying private property, and murdering with fiendish malignity peaceable citizens, men, women, and children, together with other acts of atrocity, indicating a deep-settled hostility toward the people of Missouri and their institutions; and

Whereas the present Administration of the Government of the United States has utterly ignored the Constitution, subverted the Government as constructed and intended by its makers, and established a despotic and arbitrary power instead thereof: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Missouri, That all political ties of every character now existing between the Government of the United States of America and the people and government of the State of Missouri are hereby dissolved, and the State of Missouri, resuming the sovereignty granted by compact to the said United States upon admission of said State into the Federal Union, does again take its place as a free and independent republic amongst the nations of the earth.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, October 31, 1861.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/missouri/confederate/secession
Yet more Missourians fought for the Union then the CSA by a factor of 3 to 1. I can source that if you like since I already have done so. Per Wiki which you seem to like the ratio is indeed three to one in favor of the Union. Why weren't the people of Mo has loyal to the CSA has say Sc?
Leftyhunter
 
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved.

Whereas the Government of the United States, in the possession and under the control of a sectional party, has wantonly violated the compact originally made between said Government and the State of Missouri, by invading with hostile armies the soil of the State, attacking and making prisoners the militia while legally assembled under the State laws, forcibly occupying the State capitol, and attempting through the instrumentality of domestic traitors to usurp the State government, seizing and destroying private property, and murdering with fiendish malignity peaceable citizens, men, women, and children, together with other acts of atrocity, indicating a deep-settled hostility toward the people of Missouri and their institutions; and

Whereas the present Administration of the Government of the United States has utterly ignored the Constitution, subverted the Government as constructed and intended by its makers, and established a despotic and arbitrary power instead thereof: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Missouri, That all political ties of every character now existing between the Government of the United States of America and the people and government of the State of Missouri are hereby dissolved, and the State of Missouri, resuming the sovereignty granted by compact to the said United States upon admission of said State into the Federal Union, does again take its place as a free and independent republic amongst the nations of the earth.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, October 31, 1861.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/missouri/confederate/secession

Neosho Legislature and Secession Ordinance
The Neosho Secession Ordinance has long been a source of mystery for historians due to the unusual circumstances surrounding it. Ironically, the authority to secede had originally been given by the legislature to the State convention based upon the idea that a constitutional rewrite might have been needed for an ordinance of secession to be passed. It is unclear whether the legislature had the authority to secede under State, if not Federal law, without the direction of the convention. At the same time, however, it is questionable as to whether the State Constitutional convention had the legal power to expel both the entire executive and legislature from office and appoint new State officers, especially considering that at that specific point in time, no ordinance of secession had been passed, and it was legally nebulous whether any of the previous officers had committed treason or any other impeachable offense. Questions remain unresolved to this day as to whether Jackson's secessionist government or Gamble's provisional government was the legitimate government of Missouri. Jackson supporters claimed their status as the popularly elected government of Missouri to bolster their legitimacy, whereas Gamble had control of the old state capitol and had also been placed in office by a body elected by the state to determine the state's place in the Union.​

Perhaps the biggest mystery of Neosho is whether Jackson's legislature had a quorum to permit it to convene — a mystery that has prompted many historians to dismiss the Neosho government as a "rump" legislature.
Evidence

The House Journal, recently discovered in the collections of the State Historical Society of Missouri, casts doubt on such assertions of quorum. Complete from the beginning of the session to end, the handwritten document never reports a roll call vote, so there is no authentication of the quorum. Newspaper accounts of the claims of the lone House member who the Journal reports as having voted no on both the articles of secession and affiliation with the Confederacy, Isaac N. Shambaugh of DeKalb County, further cloud the earlier claims of legitimacy. The [Columbia] Missouri Statesman of January 31, 1862, offered coverage of Shambaugh's speech to constituents in which he claimed that the legislative quorum was fraudulent, with at best only 39 House members and 10 members of the Senate present at either Neosho or Cassville, and that the names of affirmative voting members were deliberately excluded from both House and Senate journals. He corroborated the House Journal by claiming to have been the lone no votes on the two bills.

Acting on the ordinance passed by the Jackson government, the Confederate Congress admitted Missouri as the 12th confederate state on November 28, 1861. The Jackson government subsequently named Senators to the Confederate Congress. It was driven into exile from Missouri after confederates lost control of the state and Jackson died a short while later in Arkansas. The secessionist government continued in exile, eventually setting up a legislature in Marshall, Texas until the end of the war. At the war's conclusion, the successors to the provisional government continued to govern the state of Missouri.​


While previously reading through the diary of John Fisher (a Missouri State Guardsmen who, along with his unit was in Neosho at the time the secession ordinance was passed), I came across this portion of his diary mentioning the quorum. I found it interesting when I read it:

From pages 25-26: "Neosho Tuesday Oct 22/ [1861] Well we did not move today as I thought we would, and I do not know when we will, the Legislature met today but did not have a quorum, so adjourned till tomorrow"

Pages 29-30: "We are still encamped near Neosho waiting on the Legislatures which is in session, I was misinformed in regard to their meeting on Wednesday, they did not have a quorum until Friday Oct. 25.1861 we will be passed into the C.S.A. as soon as the necessary legislation can be gone through with"

Page 31: "The legislature passed the Ordinance of Secession today about 10 oclock without a dissenting voice, to night there was a general firing of Cannon and rejoicing and getting drunk generally"

Source: The Diary of John Fisher
 
Page 31: "The legislature passed the Ordinance of Secession today about 10 oclock without a dissenting voice, to night there was a general firing of Cannon and rejoicing and getting drunk generally"
We do know of one dissenting vote.
 
What is being asserted here if anything?

jgg - I am guessing it might have something to do with this from the same date. Apparently enemy soldiers were walking around behind enemy lines requesting their exchange certificates from prior capture. I suspect the commander wasn't so keen on them walking around St Louis, possibly gathering intelligence while waiting. Hard for us to understand today, but it was a different time, for sure.

OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, Saint Louis, Mo., November 26, 1861.

Capt. WILLIAM MCMICHAEL, Assistant Adjutant-General.

SIR: I beg leave respectfully to call the attention of the commanding general to the following facts: Several of the prisoners taken at Camp Jackson near this city May 10, 1861, and who have been recently exchanged but who were within the lines of the Confederate Army at the time the exchange was made have returned to this city nominally for the purpose of receiving in person the certificate of exchange, but really I have reason to believe to arrange private business and convey information and assistance to the enemy. Two persons both of whom have been in the Confederate Army were arrested in this city before their certificates of exchange were delivered. I have information that several more are coming.

I have been applied to for the release of those under arrest, but have refused upon the ground that those who were at the time of the exchange already within the lines of the Confederate Army had no right whatever to come to this city. Their presence is not necessary to complete the exchange, and the certificates which are merely the evidence of the exchange can be forwarded by the commissioners who represent the Confederate Army in the negotiations. As it may be some days or weeks before this matter is finally disposed of I would respectfully ask of the commanding general an instruction upon this point.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. E. LEIGHTON, Provost-Marshal.

{p.119}
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Since there is no "Missouri" board, and this is the most active board on the state right now, I thought I would put this here. On-topic or off, you decide. But I thought this free lance writer from Minnesota, put the situation in Missouri in 1861 very well.

"For me, growing up in staunchly pro-Union Minnesota, Confederate relatives were a novelty. But they were also a puzzle: The McDonalds lived only 5 miles south of the Iowa border. Why had they fought for the South when they lived that close to the North? ..........

Missouri wasn't just split in the Civil War. It was shredded. Rifts ran through every level of society, all over the state, through counties, towns, church congregations, families, right down into individual souls.

Missouri had rich slave owners who wanted to stay in the Union, and poor farmers who never saw a slave but fought for the South anyway. Even Julia Grant, wife of the Union general who would win the war, came from a wealthy slave-owning family with a plantation outside St. Louis.


"This is why the border states are so bloody,'' said Maryellen McVicker, a professor of American history and chairman of the Boonville, Mo., Civil War Commemorative Commission.


"If you're from Michigan, you're going to fight for the North,'' McVicker said. "If you're from Georgia, you're going to fight for the South. But if you're from Missouri, who knows?


Fighting between pro-slavery bushwackers and anti-slavery jayhawks started on the Missouri-Kansas border in 1856, nearly five years before Fort Sumter, in the vicious struggle over Kansas statehood. And it went on long after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox in 1865."


Some historians believe Missouri's Civil War didn't really end until 1882, when Jesse James -- ultimately the state's most famous Confederate guerrilla -- was gunned down at his home in St. Joseph, Mo."


http://www.startribune.com/civil-war-hits-close-to-home/123093573/
 
Just curious fellow Missourians and interested parties - is this thread dead? We seem to have a set time frame from the Camp Jackson affair in May 61 to a secession meeting in October 61 that has been set by thread creator rebforever. Lot of topics we could discuss besides guerilla warfare - including some actual battles.

Ideas for discussion - some like the battles already have their own threads I imagine
How about Lyon and Blair's meeting with Jackson and Price at the Planter's House? Nothing like getting together for a cup of tea and ending the meeting at war, eh. Not your typical get together.
What happened at/after the Boonville skirmish that turns one of members into a connoisseur of adjectives at the mention of Lyon
Battle of Carthage
Battle of Wilson's Creek
numerous skirmishes in all parts of Missouri
entry into Missouri by Kansas, Iowa, Illinois (any others I missed?) before MSG reentered Missouri with Confederate troops and Arkansas State Troops
Lincoln's involvement in Missouri in this period
etc
 
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