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R. H. Musser (search for this): chapter 4.46
rifice to the cause. Bevier, p. 41. He surrendered the command and took a subordinate position, though he felt assured of victory. The second instance was an act of humanity to his bitterest enemy. General Lyon's surgeon came in for his body, under a flag of truce, after the close of the battle, and General Price sent it in his own wagon. But the enemy, in his flight, left the body unshrouded in Springfield. The next morning, August 11th, Lieutenant-Colonel Gustavus Elgin and Colonel R. H. Musser, two members of Brigadier-General Clark's staff, caused the body to be properly prepared for burial. Ibid., pp. 49, 50. After the battle of Springfield, General McCullough returned with his brigade to his former position in Arkansas. John C. Fremont had been appointed a general, and assigned to the command made vacant by the death of General Lyon. He signalized his entrance upon the duty by a proclamation, confiscating the estates and slave property of rebels. On the 10th of
Stewart (search for this): chapter 4.46
Union men. It was suspected that many of them were written in St. Louis, or inspired by the cabal. An incident related in confirmation of the justice of this suspicion is that General Harney received a letter from St. Joseph, stating that ex-Governor Stewart and a number of the most respectable men in St. Joseph had been driven from their homes, and that, unless soldiers were soon sent, the Union men would all have to leave. He called upon the Hon. F. P. Blair, an influential citizen of St. Lve anything he says. See Life of General Wm. S. Harney, by L. U. Reavis, p. 373. General Harney said he would write immediately to General Price. Dissatisfaction was then manifested at such delay; two or three days later, a letter from ex-Governor Stewart was published in the St. Joseph News, in which was a marked paragraph of the copy sent to General Harney: Neither I nor any other Union man has been driven out of St. Joe. See ibid., p. 373. An attempt has been made to evade the conclusio
Letcher (search for this): chapter 4.46
gainst domestic violence, still less could it be done to overrule the will of its people. That, instead of an obligation upon the citizens of other states to respond to a call by the President for troops to invade a particular state, it was in April, 1861, deemed a high crime to so use them: reference is here made to the published answers of the governors of states which had not seceded to the requisition made upon them for troops to be employed against the states which had seceded. Governor Letcher of Virginia replied to the requisition of the United States Secretary of War as follows: I am requested to detach from the militia of the State of Virginia the quota designated in a table which you append, to serve as infantry or riflemen, for the period of three months, unless sooner discharged. In reply to this communication, I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your
O'Kane (search for this): chapter 4.46
one thousand of the enemy had been sent to that point by General Lyon and Colonel Blair, with a view to intercepting his retreat. The design, however, was frustrated by an expedition consisting of about three hundred fifty men, commanded by Colonel O'Kane, who had assembled them in a very few hours in the neighborhood south of the enemy's camp. There were no pickets out except in the neighborhood of Jackson's forces, and Colonel O'Kane's surprised the enemy where they were asleep in two largeColonel O'Kane's surprised the enemy where they were asleep in two large barns. The attack was made at daybreak, the enemy routed after suffering the heavy loss of two hundred six killed and more wounded, and more than a hundred prisoners. Three hundred sixty-two muskets with bayonets were captured. The Missourians lost four killed and fifteen or twenty wounded. General Price, with a view to drawing his army from the base-line of the enemy, the Missouri River, ordered his troops to the southwestern portion of the state. The column from Lexington marched withou
St. Joseph News (search for this): chapter 4.46
d all have to leave. He called upon the Hon. F. P. Blair, an influential citizen of St. Louis, and asked him if he knew the writer of the letter. The reply was: Oh, yes, he is perfectly reliable; you can believe anything he says. See Life of General Wm. S. Harney, by L. U. Reavis, p. 373. General Harney said he would write immediately to General Price. Dissatisfaction was then manifested at such delay; two or three days later, a letter from ex-Governor Stewart was published in the St. Joseph News, in which was a marked paragraph of the copy sent to General Harney: Neither I nor any other Union man has been driven out of St. Joe. See ibid., p. 373. An attempt has been made to evade the conclusion that General Harney was relieved from command because of his pacific policy. The argument is that the order was dated May 16th, and his agreement with General Price was on the 21st of the same month, an argument more specious than fair, as it appears from the letter of President Lincol
L. U. Reavis (search for this): chapter 4.46
ed upon the Hon. F. P. Blair, an influential citizen of St. Louis, and asked him if he knew the writer of the letter. The reply was: Oh, yes, he is perfectly reliable; you can believe anything he says. See Life of General Wm. S. Harney, by L. U. Reavis, p. 373. General Harney said he would write immediately to General Price. Dissatisfaction was then manifested at such delay; two or three days later, a letter from ex-Governor Stewart was published in the St. Joseph News, in which was a markence in the preservation of peace in Missouri, and used this significant expression: Interference by unauthorized parties as to the course I shall pursue can alone prevent the realization of these hopes. See Life of General Wm. S. Harney, by L. U. Reavis, p. 72. The unauthorized parties here referred to could not have been the people or the government of Missouri. Others than they must have been the parties wishing to use force, provocative of hostilities. As has been heretofore stated, af
Nathaniel Lyon (search for this): chapter 4.46
e West, a geographical division which included the state of Missouri. During a temporary absence of General Harney, Captain Lyon, commanding United States forces at St. Louis, initiated hostilities against the state of Missouri under the followingrything wore the aspect of merrymaking rather than that of grim-visaged war. Suddenly, Captain (afterward General) Nathaniel Lyon appeared with an overwhelming force of Federal troops, surrounded this holiday encampment, and demanded an unconditioissouri, and that while in the peaceable performance of their duties the encampment was surrounded by the command of Captain N. Lyon, United States army, and a surrender demanded, to which General Frost replied as follows: Camp Jackson, May 1 I am sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. Frost, Brigadier-General, commanding Camp Jackson, M. M. Captain N. Lyon, commanding United States troops. General Frost's letter to General Harney continues: My command was, in accord
B. Magoffin (search for this): chapter 4.46
rve as infantry or riflemen, for the period of three months, unless sooner discharged. In reply to this communication, I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object—an object, in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution, or the Act of 1795—will not be complied with. Governor Magoffin of Kentucky replied: Your dispatch is received. In answer, I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States. Governor Harris of Tennessee replied: Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern brothers. Governor Jackson of Missouri answered: Requisition is illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary, inhuman
T. J. Jackson (search for this): chapter 4.46
ches for and seizure of arms Missouri on the side of peace address of General Price to the people proclamation of Governor Jackson humiliating concessions of the Governor to the United States Government, for the sake of peace demands of the Fedor coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern brothers. Governor Jackson of Missouri answered: Requisition is illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary, inhuman, diabolical, and can not St. Louis to unite with General Harney in a joint effort to restore order and preserve peace. With the sanction of Governor Jackson he proceeded to St. Louis, the headquarters of the Department of the West, and, after some preliminary conference, e as personal rights of the people of Missouri, aroused an intense feeling in that state. It will be remembered that Governor Jackson had responded to the call of Lincoln upon him for troops with the just indignation of one who understood the rights
N. Lyon (search for this): chapter 4.46
of their arms, and surrendered into the hands of Captain Lyon; after which, while thus disarmed and surrounded the whole state, and to reduce it, as avowed by General Lyon, to the exact condition of Maryland. We have at Booneville and Lexington. On June 20, 1861, General Lyon and Colonel F. P. Blair, with an estimated forcesand of the enemy had been sent to that point by General Lyon and Colonel Blair, with a view to intercepting hved reliable intelligence that he was pursued by General Lyon from the northeast, and by Lane and Sturgis fromth an attack by a large force of the enemy under General Lyon, which was concentrated near Springfield, Missou, but finally won by our troops. In this action General Lyon was killed while gallantly endeavoring to rally was an act of humanity to his bitterest enemy. General Lyon's surgeon came in for his body, under a flag of igned to the command made vacant by the death of General Lyon. He signalized his entrance upon the duty by a
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