Timeline for The Battle of Boonville
| January 2, 1861 | Claiborne Fox Jackson becomes Governor of Missouri |
| April 12, 1861 | Confederates fire on Fort Sumter |
| April 15, 1861 | President Abraham Lincoln issues proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers |
| April 17, 1861 | Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson condemns Lincoln's call for volunteers from Missouri |
| May 10, 1861 | The Camp Jackson Affair |
| May 31, 1861 | Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon assumes command of the Department of the West. |
| June 11, 1861 | Conference between Claiborne Fox Jackson, Sterling Price, Nathaniel Lyon, and Frank Blair, Jr. at the Planters House Hotel in St. Louis |
| June 13, 1861 | Federal forces capture Jefferson City |
| June 17, 1861 | The Battle of Boonville |
| July 5, 1861 | The Battle of Carthage |
| July 21, 1861 | The Battle of Bull Run |
| August 10, 1861 | The Battle of Wilson's Creek |