. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . claring the emancipation of the slaves Lincoln s ° * disavowal of of all persons in rebellion against the Unitedmontsprocia- States. As we have seen, Congress had, bythe Act of August 6th, ordained the emanci-pation of such slaves only as were employed, by com-mand or permission of their owners, or the lawful agentsof their owners, in any kind of military or naval serviceagainst the United States. President Lincoln himselfwas not prepared, at that moment, to go any furtherthan this, if indeed he had the power to do so. He,therefore, promptly di
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . claring the emancipation of the slaves Lincoln s ° * disavowal of of all persons in rebellion against the Unitedmontsprocia- States. As we have seen, Congress had, bythe Act of August 6th, ordained the emanci-pation of such slaves only as were employed, by com-mand or permission of their owners, or the lawful agentsof their owners, in any kind of military or naval serviceagainst the United States. President Lincoln himselfwas not prepared, at that moment, to go any furtherthan this, if indeed he had the power to do so. He,therefore, promptly disavowed this part of Fremontsorder, and the misunderstandings between Fremont andthe Washington Government were thus begun, whichterminated two months later in the removal of Fremontfrom the command of the military department of theWest. Fremont now sent Colonel Mulligan with a force ofthree thousand men and a battery of artillery to occupyand fortify Lexington, a place about one hundred andtwenty-five miles up the Missouri Kiver from Jefferson. The Field of Operations in Missouri and Northern Arkansas. THE MILITARY MOVEMENTS OF 1861 249 City. Mulligan reached the place on September 9th,and immediately began fortifying College Hill. So soonas Price learned of this movement he deter- . mined to attack Mulligan before he could defeat at Lex-be reinforced. He appeared before Lex- ing0Eington on the 12th, with a large force which was soonincreased to about twenty thousand men. General Fre-mont at St. Louis and General J. C. Davis at JeffersonCity were deceived by the manoeuvres of the enemy intothe belief that Jefferson City was the point to be at-tacked. They, therefore, failed to undertake the reliefof Mulligan at Lexington until it was too late. Pricebegan the assault on the 18th, and pressed forward sovigorously that Mulligan was compelled to surrender onthe 20th. So soon as Fremont learned of the disaster at Lexing-ton, he started in pursuit of Price with an army ofabout twen
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