Regulator–Moderator War
| Regulator–Moderator War | ||||||||
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Location | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| Regulators | Moderators | Republic of Texas | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Charles W. Jackson † Charles W. Moorman |
Edward Merchant John M. Bradley James J. Cravens |
Sam Houston John J. Kennedy | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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52 killed total 40 killed during the feud 12 more killed in the aftermath | ||||||||
The 1839–1844 Regulator–Moderator War, or the Shelby County War, was a nineteenth-century feud in East Texas during the Republic of Texas years between rival factions. The war started out as a dispute of land ownership before becoming a violent conflict for control of the local economy. Soon raids, livestock thievery and murders erupted in the region and took the lives of over forty men.