section_heading: Trans-Mississippi
paragraph_text: Regiju trans-Mississippi karakteriziralo je opsežno gerilsko ratovanje budući su Konfederaciji nedostajale trupe i logistika kojima bi dali podršku regularnoj vojsci u njihovoj borbi protiv Unije.<ref>James B. Martin, Third War: Irregular Warfare on the Western Border 1861-1865 (Combat Studies Institute Leavenworth Paper series, br. 23, 2012.). Vidi i, Michael Fellman, Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri during the Civil War (1989.). Missouri alone was the scene of over 1000 engagements between regular units, and uncounted numbers of guerrilla attacks and raids by informal pro-Confederate bands, especially in the recently settled western counties. Lutajuće konfederalne trupe poput Quantrillovih konjanika terorizirali su područje, podjednako napadajući vojna postrojenja i civilne nastambe.<ref>Sarah Bohl, "A War on Civilians: Order Number 11 and the Evacuation of Western Missouri," Prologue, (2004.) 36#1, str.&nbsp;44-51.