You are getting closer, but the capital of Missouri was Jefferson City, the Union had control of St.Louis, met with Jackson and when he refused to cooperate, chased him to back to Jefferson City. But the Union took control of Jefferson City, and Jackson retreated to Springfield and set up a government in exile. The Union provisional Missouri government under Gamble was in Jefferson City and the official government of Missouri never did secede. Following are two good links on Gamble and on the secession controversy.
http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=4454http://civilwar.wikia.com/wiki/Missouri_secessionHey i just go to branson for the country music shows. I am waaay out of my league on missouri war between the states era history. However i have been asvised that missouri civil war dual governancy is a great topic for polisci phd theses. Hope life down under is well. Australia is still on
my bucket list :-)