. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 12 miles fromBirds Point), Mo. Union, 1st Confed., 1st Miss. Cav. Losses:Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. Confed. 1killed, 2 wonnded. — Big River Bridge, near Potosi, , 40 men of the 38th 111. Confed.,2d, 3d Miss. Cav. Losses: Union 1killed, 6 wounded, 33 captured. Con-fed. 5 killed, 4 wounded. — Bolivar Heights, Va. Union, detach-ments of 28th Pa., 3d Wis. and 6thMo. Cavalry. Confed., detachmentscommanded by Col. Turner : Union 4 killed, 7 woun
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 12 miles fromBirds Point), Mo. Union, 1st Confed., 1st Miss. Cav. Losses:Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. Confed. 1killed, 2 wonnded. — Big River Bridge, near Potosi, , 40 men of the 38th 111. Confed.,2d, 3d Miss. Cav. Losses: Union 1killed, 6 wounded, 33 captured. Con-fed. 5 killed, 4 wounded. — Bolivar Heights, Va. Union, detach-ments of 28th Pa., 3d Wis. and 6thMo. Cavalry. Confed., detachmentscommanded by Col. Turner : Union 4 killed, 7 wounded. to 21.— Fredericktown and fronton. , 21st, 33d, and 38th 111., 8th Wis.,1st Ind. Cav., Co. A 1st Mo. LightArtil. Confed., Mo. State : Union 7 killed, 41 200 killed, wounded, and miss-ing (estimate). .— Balls Bluff, also called Edwards Fer-ry, Harrisons Landing, Leesburg, , 15th, 20th Mass., 40th N. Y., 71stPa., Battery I, 1st U. S., B, R. I. , 13th, 17th, 18th Miss., 8th Va.,3 Va. Cavalry. Losses: Union49 killed, 158 wounded,and 714 missing. Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. A WESTERN LEADER—MAJOR-GENERAL FRANK P. BLAIR, JR., AND STAFF One of the most interesting characters in Missouri at the outbreak of the war was Frank P. Blair, Jr., of , a INIeinber of Congress. When Governor Jackson refused to obey President I^incolns proclamationand call out troops, Mr. Blair immediately raised a regiment of three-months men (the First Missouri Infan-try) which later became the First Missouri Light Artillery. The First Missouri, under Colonel Blair, assistedCaptain Lyon, U. S. A., in the capture of Camp Jackson, May 10, 186L When, through Blairs influence,Lyon was made brigadier-general and placed in command of the Federal forces in Missouri, GovernorJackson and General Sterling Price at once ordered the militia to prepare itself for service on the Southernside, knowing that Lyon and Blair would
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