Strength
The foremost authorities on the Missouri State Guard recently estimated that at least 34,000 Missourians served in the Guard at one point or another during the war and that the actual number was probably near 40,000. The Guard's strength peaked at approximately 23,000 to 28,000 in September 1861 with approximately 5,000 in Southeast Missouri in M. Jeff Thompson's First Division operating independently of the main body surrounding Price near Lexington.
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—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
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—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
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for visions of a better world and for decision’s hour;
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until the radiant force of God fills mind and strength and breath.”
—Walter J. Mathams (19th–20th centuries)