HUGE Orig. CIVIL WAR Albumen Photo - VERY YOUNG SOLDIER , MISSOURI STATE MILITIA

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HUGE Orig. CIVIL WAR Albumen Photo - VERY YOUNG SOLDIER , MISSOURI STATE MILITIA:
$499.00

Up for sale is a HUGE, Civil War albumen photograph of a very young soldier. It measures approximately 13⅞ x 19¾. These are very rarely found this large, and it is beautifully hand-tinted as well. He is wearing a wedding ring, but is clearly quite young. Thiswas discovered in a group of items along with a muster roll from company H of the 3rd Regiment of the Missouri State Militia Cavalry. See more info below.

Condition: There are some surface marks and small areas of damage, but it is overall in excellent condition for its age.Please view the images for additional details and the most accurate description of its condition.

This was discovered with a group of both Confederate and Union items that belonged to the same Missouri family.Missouri was a very torn state during the Civil War, and this family likely had some members fighting for the Union with the Missouri State Militia, and some for the Confederacy.These items include a genuine Civil War saber, a Muster-Out Roll forthe Missouri State Militia (Union), a rare United Daughters of the Confederacy pin, photos of a Union officer/soldiers, a Confederate painting, and items made by African American slaves.

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3rd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (2nd Organization)

OVERVIEW: Reorganized from 10th Regiment State Militia Cavalry February 2, 1863. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1865.

SERVICE:Moved from Pilot Knob to Patterson, Mo., March 16, 1863. Operations against Marmaduke April 20-May 1, 1863. Patterson April 20. Fredericktown April 22. Castor River, near Bloomfield, April 29. Bloomfield April 29-30. Chalk Bluff, St. Francis River, April 30-May 1. Near Doniphan June 1 (Detachment). Expedition from Cape Girardeau and Pilot Knob to Pocahontas, Ark., August 17-26. Oregon County October 23. Scout from Cape Girardeau to Doniphan and Pocahontas, Ark., October 26-November 12 (Detachment). Scout from Pilot Knob to Doniphan, Ark., October 29-November 5 (Detachment). Reeve\'s attack on Centreville December 23. Pursuit of Reeves December 23-25. Puliam\'s December 25. Bolinger County January 14, 1864. Scout from Patterson to Cherokee Bay, Ark., January 20-27 (Detachment). Poplar Bluff February 27. Scout from Pilot Knob to Arkansas line, and skirmishes March 16-25 (Detachment). Oregon County March 19. Wayne County April 26. Scout from Patterson May 6-11 (Co. \"A\"). Randolph County May 8. Cherokee Bay, Ark., May 8 (Co. \"A\"). Near St. James June 10. Scout from Patterson to Buffalo July 8-12 (Detachment). Operations in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas July 18-August 6. Scatterville, Ark., July 28 (Detachment). Osceola August 2. Elkchute August 4. Near Rocheport September 3 (Detachment). Caledonia September 12 (Detachment). Scout in Randolph, Howard and Boone Counties September 15-19 (Detachment). Columbia September 16 (Detachment). Doniphan September 19. Ponder\'s Mill, Little Black River, September 20. Near Rocheport September 23 (Detachment). Ironton September 26. Shut-in Gap and Arcadia Valley September 26. Fort Davidson, Pilot Knob, September 26-27. Arcadia Valley September 27 (Detachment). Caledonia September 28 (Co. \"C\"). Leesburg October 1. Ponder\'s Mills October 3. Moreau Bottom, Jefferson City, October 7. Independence October 22 and 26. Pilot Knob October 26. Leesburg October 28. Duty at Weston, St. Joe, Liberty, Parksville, Pleasant Hill and Lone Jack, operating against guerrillas January to July, 1865. Mustered out July 13, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 57 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 102 Enlisted men by disease. Total 164.

Why did Missouri become so divided?

Prior to the war, Missouri was a slave state, and many of its leaders favored secession and joining the Confederacy. However, there were relatively few slaves and slaveowners in Missouri, and only a minority favored secession. Over half the population of Saint Louis were immigrants, and most were recent German immigrants, who hated slavery and opposed secession.

In February 1861, state leaders ultimately voted against secession and decided that, should war break out, they would remain neutral and not provide weapons to either side. Then came the Camp Jackson Affair:

The Camp Jackson Affair occured when Missouri Governor Jackson Claiborne, who was privately a secessionist, covertly arranged with Confederate President Jefferson Davis to recieve heavy artillery with which to seize the city of St. Louis. The artillery would be used to breach the walls of the weapons arsenal in St. Louis, which would then be used as a fortress while they carried out the secession. A camp of covert secessionist militia members were gathered at a camp near the Arsenal. This would not go as planned though, when Captain Nathaniel Lyonsuspected the Camp Jackson force of conspiring to attack the Arsenal. His suspicions were confirmed by personal investigation when he allegedly visited Camp Jackson disguised as an elderly woman.

On 10 May, Lyon marched on Camp Jackson with about 6,000 Missouri Volunteers and U.S. Regulars, forcing the surrender of the militia and taking 669 prisoners.The militiamen refused to take an oath of allegiance to the United States and were placed under arrest. They were then forced on a lengthy march under guard to the Arsenal to be paroled and dispersed, which was seen as humiliating by pro-secession residents of the city. Angry secessionists shouted insults at the Union troops, and threw rocks and debris at them. The heavily German Missouri Volunteer units were particularly targeted, with shouts of \"Damn the Dutch!” This uproar eventually led to gunfire in which some 28 people died, including some women and children; 50 more were wounded.

The incident sparked several days of disordered animosity in St. Louis, and rumors spread throughout the city that the Germans were planning to murder the American population of the city, leading many wealthy St. Louisians to flee to Illinois or the Missouri interior. Martial law was imposed, and with the arrival of Federal Regulars to relieve the German volunteers, the violence finally came to an end.

The Affair polarized the state of Missouri between Union and Confederate supporters. Previously, most Missourians had advocated neutrality, however the Camp Jackson Affair forced most Missourians to take sides.Many were “Conditional Unionists”, who opposed secession, but with conditions: no interference with slavery, and no \"coercion\" (use of force) against the seceding states of the Deep South. In May 1861, the Camp Jackson Affair swayed many of these neutral citizens toward the Confederacy. Nonetheless, Lyon\'s action ensured Union control of Missouri, After the war, the German Missouri Volunteers were praised as \"saviors of Missouri.\"

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