. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . rm (12 miles fromBirds Point), Mo. Union, 1st Confed., 1st Miss. Cav. Losses:Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. Confed. 1killed, 2 wounded. •—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 21.—Fredericktown and Ironton, , 21st, 33d,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . rm (12 miles fromBirds Point), Mo. Union, 1st Confed., 1st Miss. Cav. Losses:Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. Confed. 1killed, 2 wounded. •—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 21.—Fredericktown and Ironton, , 21st, 33d, and 38th 111., 8t]i 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: Union223 killed, 226 wounded. Confed. 36 A WESTERN LEADER—MAJOR GENERAL ERANK P. BLAIR. JR., AND STAFF - One of the most interesting characters in INIissouri at the outbreak of the war was Frank P. Blair, Jr., of , a Member of Congress. When Governor Jackson refused to obey President Lincohis proclamationand call out troops, Mr. Blair immediately raised a regiment of three-montlis 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, 10,180L When, through Blairs influence,Lyon was made brigadier-general and placed in command of the Federal forces in jNIissouri, GovernorJackson and General Sterling Price at once ordered the militia to prepare itself for service on the Southernside, knowing that Lyon and Blair would quickly attack them. The First Missouri regiment accompaniedGeneral Lyon %vhen he went to Boone\
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