imperialaquila
My apologies. I should have been more clear. When I used capitalized letters for "Civil War" I was poorly communicating what I actually meant to say. IOTL, only the relatively sparsely populated southwestern third of Missouri was staunchly Pro-Confederate. The other two-thirds tended to fall into the "leave me alone" or "Pro-Unionist" categories, depending on where you were and who you were.
Fast thinking Union generals secured St. Louis fairly quickly, and much of the northern portions of the state along the Iowa border had an initial Pro-Unionist sympathy. I only meant to say that ITTL, as opposed to OTL, you could see a rapid statewide breakdown of Federal authority from state-line to state-line, resulting in more of a Hatfield vs. McCoys situation ALL over the state. IOTL, the fighting was certainly about the most bloody, most ruthless, in the ACW. But there WERE plenty of places in the northern/eastern parts of the state that were relatively safe. ITTL?


EDIT: Actually, you could expect a Confederate state government to set up (as one did briefly IOTL) in Jefferson City, but with FAR greater and lasting support from the inhabitants