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(Timeline 1861)

April 17-Missouri's governor refuses to provide its allotment of militia to the United States
April 20-United States arsenal at Liberty seized by Confederates

May 4-United States ordinance supplies at Kansas City seized
May 10-Capture of Jackson
May 10-Riot in Saint Louis
May 21-Steamer J.C. Swan seized

June 17-Engagement at Booneville
June 24-Skirmish at Jackson

July 4-Skirmish at Farmington
July 5-Engagement at Carthage
July 5-Action at Dry Fork Creek
July 5-Union troops captured at Neosho
July 5-Action near Spring River
July 9-11-Skirmishes at Monroe Station
July 16-Skirmishes near Wentzville
July 15-Skirmish at Mexico
July 17-19-Skirmishes at Parkersville
July 17-Skirmish near Fulton
July 18-Action near Harrisonville
July 18-Skirmish at Martinsburg
July 22-Skirmish at Etna
July 22-Skirmish at Forsyth
July 24-Action at Blue Mills
July 25-27-Skirmishes at Harrisonville
July 25-Skirmish at Dug Springs
July 26-Skirmish at McCulla's Store
July 28-Confederates occupy New Madrid

August 1-Skirmish at Edina
August 2-Skirmish at Dug Springs
August 3-Skirmish at McCulla's Store
August 5-Skirmish at Athens
August 10-Skirmish at Potosi
August 10-Battle of Wilson's Creek
August 11-Affair at Hamburg
August 14-Martial law declared in Saint Louis
August 17 -Skirmish at Brunswick
August 17-Affairs at Hunnewell and Palmyra
August 19-Skirmish at Charleston
August 19-Skirmish at Klapsford
August 20-Skirmish at Fish Lake
August 20-Skirmish at Lookout Station
August 21-22-Skirmishes at Jonesborough
August 23-Skirmish at Medoc
August 28-Skirmish at Ball's Mill
August 29-Skirmish at Morse's Mills
August 30-Fremont issues his "Emancipation Proclamation"

September 1-Skirmish at Bennight's Mills
September 2-Action at Dry Wood Creek
September 2-Skirmish at Dallas
September 4-Action at Shelbina
September 5-Skirmish at Papinsville
September 6-Skirmish at Monticello Bridge
September 8-Engagement at Lucas Bend
September 10-Engagement at Lucas Bend
September 12-Skirmish at Big Black River
September 12-Skirmish at Lexington
September 13-20-Siege of Lexington
September 13-Action at Booneville
September 14-Skirmish at Old Randolph
September 17-Action at Blue Mills Landing
September 17--Skirmish at Morristown
September 22-Skirmish at Osceola (Union forces destroy the town)
September 26-Skirmish at Hunter's Farm
September 27-Skirmish near Norfolk

October 7-Union gunboats engage with Confederate shore batteries at Lucas Bend
October 12-Skirmish near Clintonville
October 13-Skirmish on the Pomme de Terre River
October 13-Action at Wet Glaze
October 14-Skirmish at Bird's Point
October 14-Affair at Linn Creek
October 15-Destruction of the Big River Bridge
October 15-Skirmishes at and around Blackwell's Station
October 16-Skirmish near Linn Creek
October 17-Skirmishes at Fredericktown
October 18-Skirmish at Warrensburg
October 19-Action at Big Hurricane Creek
October 21-Engagement at Fredericktown
October 25-Action at Springfield
October 27-Skirmish at Spring Hill
October 31-Missouri adopts its Ordinance of Secession Missouri

November 6-Action at Little Santa Fe
November 7-Engagement at Belmont
November 11-Action at Little Blue River 
November 18-Confederates attack the steamer Platte Valley at Price's Landing
November 20-Skirmish at Buder
November 20-Skirmish at Little Santa Fe
November 24-Skirmish at Johnstown
November 24-Skirmish at Lancaster
November 26-Skirmish near Independence
November 30-Skirmish at Grand River

December 1-Skirmish at Shanghai Ferry
December 3-Action at Salem
December 9-Skirmish at Union Mills
December 11-Skirmish near Bertrand
December 12-Skirmish at Charleston
December 18-Skirmish at Blackwater Creek
December 24-Skirmish at Wadesburg
December 25-Skirmish at Danville
December 27-Skirmish at Hallsville
December 28-Action at Mount Zion Church
December 29-Attack on the steamer City of Alton by Confederate forces

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(Timeline 1861)