The Battle of Old Greenville and Civil War Service for Madison Wilson of Wayne County, Missouri (1834 – 1894)
For all of your Grandsons and Granddaughters, Now and for Generations to Come Nowhere was guerrilla warfare more fierce and widespread than in southeastern Missouri, and Wayne County in particular. The Cavalry Militias in Wayne County for both Union and Confederate forces were commonly engaged in this form of warfare, hunting each other in the bottoms of the St Francis River and the mires of Mingo Swamp. Their engagements were bloody, often, and feudal in nature. The families on opposing sides knew each other and most lived close to each other at the war’s outset. The hostilities and feuds would continue on for many years after the Civil War ended in Wayne County. The prominent Union Militia was the 12 th Regiment Cavalry...