[One Name]

It was extremely close during CWI, as well. Fielded regular units to both sides of the conflict, as well as the infamous Guerillas.

A Union state that had the western tier of counties vacated by general order in an attempt to defuse the border war...

[Verginius Rufus]

I had a lot of relatives in Jackson County and neighboring counties at the time of the Civil War--some of them had been there since 1831. A brother of my great-great-grandfather fought on the Confederate side (he was later sheriff of Jackson Co.). Harry Truman's personal lawyer was a distant cousin of mine.

My great-great-grandfather (brother of the aforementioned Confederate) was in his 40s during the war and had a large family but eventually spent 6 months in a Union outfit--he had moved to the far southwestern part of the state before the war. He named a daughter after a Union general.

A more distant relative died in the battle of Wilson's Creek--on the Confederate side.