A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . ining men, but owing to Lyons activity with his trainedsoldiers the last part of the plan could not be carried out. Governor Jackson left St. Louis on June 12th. Hecaused the bridges to be destroyed along the way. On reach-ing Jefferson City he issued a call for 50,000 men. GeneralPrice was the commander-in-chief of the State troops. Lyonwith 1,500 men followed at once. The State Government leftfor Boonville where the State troops were gathered underColonel Marma
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . ining men, but owing to Lyons activity with his trainedsoldiers the last part of the plan could not be carried out. Governor Jackson left St. Louis on June 12th. Hecaused the bridges to be destroyed along the way. On reach-ing Jefferson City he issued a call for 50,000 men. GeneralPrice was the commander-in-chief of the State troops. Lyonwith 1,500 men followed at once. The State Government leftfor Boonville where the State troops were gathered underColonel Marmaduke. Here the battle of Boonville wasfought on June 17th. Lyon with his larger force was suc-cessful. The State troops were scattered and Governor Jack-son with a small body of men retreated to Warsaw, Bentoncounty. The defeat of the State troops at Boonville was im-portant. It greatly discouraged the prosouthern men. Again,it gave the Union troops possession of all north Missouri andof the Missouri river itself. Finally, it forced Governor Jack-son and the State Government to flee, and together with ad- Military Missouri 223. GENERAL STERLING PRICE 224 History of Missouri and Missourians vancing Union troops from the west it made General Priceand his army at Lexington retreat immediately. Lyon could not follow at once owing to securing wagonsand supplies, and later he was delayed by high water. Inthe meantime Governor Jackson and his troops had moved toLamar, Barton county, where they were joined by GeneralRains with more State troops. Part of the Union troops atSpringfield, which had been sent there by Lyon, were nowordered under Sigel to Carthage to cut off Price. But Pricehad already passed and gone to join General McCulloch withhis Arkansas Confederates. Sigel now tried to hold Jacksonuntil Lyon could arrive. The battle of Carthage ensued onJuly 5th between 1,000 Union troops and 4,000 State was victorious and Sigel and his men barely escapedback to Springf
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