The Joplin Globe Newspaper In Education
Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson
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Carthage, Missouri
July 5, 1861
Estimated Casualties: 244 total (US 44; CS 200)
Description: The New York Times called it, “The first serious conflict between the United States troops and the rebels.”
Confederate victory

 

 

 

 

 


Civil war artifacts pictured here can be seen at the Carthage Civil War Museum and the
Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, MO.