Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Missouri” in entry bailey-joseph of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...down. For this achievement he was promoted to colonel, brevetted brigadier-general, voted the thanks of Congress, and presented with a sword and $3,000 by the officers of the fleet. He settled in Missouri after the war, where he was a formidable enemy of the bushwhackers, and was shot by them in Nevada, in that State, on March 21, 1867.
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Missouri (Missouri, United States) 15,687 836 1 0 0 user votes
Missouri (United States) 560 116 0 0 0 user votes

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