. Camp-fire and cotton-field: southern adventure in time of war. Life with the Union armies, and residence on a Louisiana plantation . ch as they pleased. Gen-eral Prentiss sent a small expedition down the Missis-sippi, some sixty miles below Cairo. The Kentuckianswere greatly enraged because our forces landed at Hick-man and tore down a Rebel flag which the citizens hadhoisted. It was an invasion of their soil, for whichthey demanded apology. A few weeks later the Rebels 38 COLUMBUS AS A STRONGHOLD. occupied both Hickman and Columbus, without anyobjection on the part of the neutrals. Columbus
. Camp-fire and cotton-field: southern adventure in time of war. Life with the Union armies, and residence on a Louisiana plantation . ch as they pleased. Gen-eral Prentiss sent a small expedition down the Missis-sippi, some sixty miles below Cairo. The Kentuckianswere greatly enraged because our forces landed at Hick-man and tore down a Rebel flag which the citizens hadhoisted. It was an invasion of their soil, for whichthey demanded apology. A few weeks later the Rebels 38 COLUMBUS AS A STRONGHOLD. occupied both Hickman and Columbus, without anyobjection on the part of the neutrals. Columbus was made very strong by the Rebel en-gineers, and supplied with many heavy guns for its pro-tection. At the same time, General Prentiss pushed for-ward the defenses of Cairo, in readiness for any attackby the Rebel gun-boats. For more than half a yearColumbus was the northern limit of the Rebel domina-tion of the Great River. On assuming command there,General Polk announced that Columbus was the throatof the Mississippi, and must be held at all hazards. TheRebels repeatedly urged the capture of Cairo, but it wasnever IENEW i BLICUBK VSTOR, LENOX _D«LN FOUNDATIONS GENEEAL HAENEY EELIEVED. 39 CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES. General Harney Eelieved.—Prices Proclamation.—End of the Truce.—Conference between the Union and Eebel Leaders.—The First Act ofHostility.—Destruction of Eailway Bridges.—Promptness of GeneralLyon.—Capture of the State Capital.—Moving on the EnemysWorks.—The Night before Battle.—A Correspondents Sensation. On the first of June an order was received fromWashington, relieving General Harney from commandin Missouri. Captain Lyon had been promoted to therank of a Ibrigadier-general of volunteers, and was as-signed to duty in General Harneys stead. On the 5thof June, General Price issued a proclamation, calling forthe State Guard to be in readiness to defend Missouriagainst all enemies. The appearance of this proclama-ti
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