> > > > > > > MISSOURI FORMALLY ADMITTED IN THE CONFEDERACY NOVEMBER 28TH 1861 > > > During the early months of the War for Southern Indpendence, the > Confederate States of America continually looked to increase the > borders of their young nation. They talked with border state re- > presentatives who were interested in joining their confederacy. > > In the summer of 1861 there were legislators and politicians who > were extremely interested in having Missouri join their southern > nation. Military leaders were also working heartily in getting a > majority of the state into the Confederate States of America. > > After months of pressing the effort and fighting the northerners > within their boundaries, there is enough movement to bring their > state into the new nation. The Provisional Congress at Richmond, > Virgiia, formally joves to admit the state of Missouri in to the > > onfederate States of > America. >