What the records say
- When
- 10 May 1861
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 38.64° N, 90.24° W
- Description
- Massacre during American Civil War
Camp Jackson affair
Massacre during American Civil War
The Camp Jackson affair, also known as the Camp Jackson massacre, occurred during the American Civil War on May 10, 1861, when a volunteer Union Army regiment captured a unit of the Missouri Volunteer Militia at Camp Jackson, outside the city of St. Louis, in the divided slave state of Missouri.
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