 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment yaive chikwata chevarwi vaishandira muConfederate States Army panguva yeAmerican Civil War. Hondo yevagari vomuAmerica yakatanga muna April 1861 neHondo yeFort Sumter, uye kurwisana kwakakurumidza kuwedzera. Kutanga muna May, zvinoitika mudunhu reMissouri zvakatungamirira kukupararira kwehondo kupinda mudunhu iroro. Muna 1862, Confederate recruiting activities yakaitika muMissouri, uye a cavalry regiment yakaumbwa muOregon County. Musi waSeptember 2, boka racho rakapinda mubasa reConfederate, asi rakakurumidza kugadziriswa sevashandi. Mushure mokunge varume vazhinji vechikwata ichi vaendeswa kune mamwe mauto, chikwata ichi chakagadziriswazve sebato uye chakatumidzwa kuti 7th Missouri Infantry Battalion. Pasi pezita rokuti Mitchells Missouri Infantry, chikwata chacho chaiva chikamu chekurwisa kweConfederate muHondo yePrairie Grovemusi waDecember 7. Munguva yehondo, chikwata ichi chakaita kurwisa kwakasiyana-siyana pamitsetse yeUnion, asi chakadzoserwa kakawanda nepfuti dzezvombo. Chikwata ichi chakapedza chikamu chikuru chemakore ekutanga a1863 chakadzika musasa pedyo neLittle Rock nePine Bluff muArkansas, uye chingangove chaive chikamu chekutsvaga kuRwizi rweMississippi. 