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Chapter 9:
The coercion of Missouri
answers of the governors of States to President Lincoln's requisition for troops
restoration of forts Caswell and Johnson to the United States Government
condition of Missouri similar to that of Kentucky
hostilities, how initiated in Missouri
agreement between Generals Price and Harney
its favorable effects
General Harney relieved of command by the United States Government because of his Pacific policy
removal of public arms from Missouri prompt and spirited answer he gave to the call upon North Carolina to furnish troops for the subjugation of the Southern states was the fitting complement of his earlier action in immediately restoring to the federal government Forts Johnson and Caswell, which had been seized without proper authority.
In communicating his action to President Buchanan, he wrote:
My information satisfies me that this popular outbreak was caused by a report, very generally credited, but which, for the sake of
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