. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . l-ly, of Ce-dar Coun-ty, said all Loy-al men who had slaves should be paid $300 a headfor them. And so the men in the new Leg-is-la-turemade plans to get rid of the slave theme. The time was close at hand, though, when oneman, by a few strokes of his pen, put an end for alltime in the U-nit-ed States, at least, to the wordSla-ver-y. Ham-il-ton R. Gam-ble made so fair and just aGov-ern-or in those sad times that he was kept in thechair of chief of the State till 1864. CHAPTER XVIII. THE CAPTURE OF THE FIRST SECESSION FLAG. When you read the head-
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . l-ly, of Ce-dar Coun-ty, said all Loy-al men who had slaves should be paid $300 a headfor them. And so the men in the new Leg-is-la-turemade plans to get rid of the slave theme. The time was close at hand, though, when oneman, by a few strokes of his pen, put an end for alltime in the U-nit-ed States, at least, to the wordSla-ver-y. Ham-il-ton R. Gam-ble made so fair and just aGov-ern-or in those sad times that he was kept in thechair of chief of the State till 1864. CHAPTER XVIII. THE CAPTURE OF THE FIRST SECESSION FLAG. When you read the head-line to this chap-teryour pulse will throb quick and fast, your eyes willflash, and your heart thrill. You will think of a field 156 History of Missouri. of strife where foes meet as man to man. The onewho wins gives a cry of joy. His foe is down, andhis own wounds give him great pain, but that is asnought to him. He is a he-ro. In his hand is theblood-moist flag of the foe. To pluck it from onewho is a man as strong as his own true, brave self. ST. LOUIS AR-SE-NAL IN 1861. is a erand deed. I know you must love to hear ofsuch deeds. It is too bad I cant tell you a tale ofsuch a fine deed of pluck when the first con-fed-er-ate flag was cap-tured. The Captzirc of the First Secession Flag. 157 It came to pass in this way : Word came toGen-er-al Ly-on at the Ar-se-nal that the se-cesh were real bad down in Po-to-si, and the Un-ion menthought it was time to put a stop to their cheers forJeff Da-vis. Gen-er-al Ly-on bade Cap-tain Coles, of Com-pa-ny A, Fifth Reg-i-ment, U-nit-ed States Vol-un-teers, take all the troops he might need down toPo-to-si, and put a check on the reb-el fun. The Cap-tain was soon on his way, and in a shorttime the whole town was in the hands of the Un-ionforce. Troops were put on guard at all the homeswhere se-cesh dwelt. A fine pile of lead wasfound in the house of one man who made use of hisplace of trade to aid the reb-els with lead for theirarms and to m
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