. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . cog ■5 a ^ r-T ^ -a Qj rl ctl ^ y -M €> r- !d n H -1 (U n -J -•^ Tr, aF oo > a ni ^ ^ bo 5^ o .g W B ■5 3; C ;fl = i5 -S =; M ^- -^ o C B g oa; g C o g CS aj -s cS a -o crf 1 e K. ^ trj ^ o S^ rf BO rf. O j: i -a -c oj ts b£i C ■^ ^ a •^ IS ? S to ■= gj c :3 [^ C O o 5J tc ^ — C rt ^ T3 -^ o 1 H ri ;3O o ■a .5 on ta •5 1 a a p ^; e; IV Down The Mississippi Valley. THE FIRST CLASH WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI Near here the citizens of St. Louis saw tlie first l>h)od spilled in Missonri at the outbreak of the AVar. Byorder of Gov
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . cog ■5 a ^ r-T ^ -a Qj rl ctl ^ y -M €> r- !d n H -1 (U n -J -•^ Tr, aF oo > a ni ^ ^ bo 5^ o .g W B ■5 3; C ;fl = i5 -S =; M ^- -^ o C B g oa; g C o g CS aj -s cS a -o crf 1 e K. ^ trj ^ o S^ rf BO rf. O j: i -a -c oj ts b£i C ■^ ^ a •^ IS ? S to ■= gj c :3 [^ C O o 5J tc ^ — C rt ^ T3 -^ o 1 H ri ;3O o ■a .5 on ta •5 1 a a p ^; e; IV Down The Mississippi Valley. THE FIRST CLASH WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI Near here the citizens of St. Louis saw tlie first l>h)od spilled in Missonri at the outbreak of the AVar. Byorder of Governor Jackson, a camp had been formed in the western suburbs of the city for drilling the was named in honor of the (lovernor, and was in command of General D. M. Frost, (\iptain NathanielLyon was in command of the United States troops at the Arsenal in St. Louis. Lyon, on May 10th, marchednearly five thousand strong, toward Camp Jackson, surrounded it, planted batteries on all the heights over-looking it, and set guards with fixed bayonets and muskets at half cock. Meanwhile the inhabitants ofSt. Louis had gathered in great crowds in the vicinity, hurrying thither in carriages, baggage-wagons, onhorses and afoot. Many of the men had seized their rifles and shotguns and had come too late to the as-sistance of the State troops. Greatly outnumbered by Lyon, General Frost surrendered his command, 689in all. The ])ri
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