<Li> Battle of Mount Zion Church </Li> <Li> Blackwater / Milford </Li> <P> The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Trans - Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War . Fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Federal forces and the Missouri State Guard, it is sometimes called the "Bull Run of the West ." </P> <P> At the beginning of the war, Missouri maintained an officially neutral status . However, its governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson, began to work to bring Missouri out of the Union by purchasing arms from and fighting alongside Confederate troops . The two sides repeatedly skirmished, most notably in the Camp Jackson affair, the Battle of Boonville, and the Battle of Carthage. Jackson's support for secession resulted in his removal by a constitutional convention in July . Jackson refused to accept the maneuver as valid, and continued to act as governor . </P>

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