. The civil war on the border; . ceola by steamboats, and from thencehauled in wagons to their destination. As it was thenearest shipping point to the lead mines of the South-west, hundreds of tons of lead turned out by the GranbyMines were hauled there annually and shipped to In destroying the town General Lane seemed to beunconscious of the fact that his conduct would be justexcuse for retaliation, and that it might possibly comewith interest. And he did not seem to realize that hewas making a name for his command that should notattach to troops engaged in honorable war. Perhapsupw
. The civil war on the border; . ceola by steamboats, and from thencehauled in wagons to their destination. As it was thenearest shipping point to the lead mines of the South-west, hundreds of tons of lead turned out by the GranbyMines were hauled there annually and shipped to In destroying the town General Lane seemed to beunconscious of the fact that his conduct would be justexcuse for retaliation, and that it might possibly comewith interest. And he did not seem to realize that hewas making a name for his command that should notattach to troops engaged in honorable war. Perhapsupwards of one third of the people of St. Claire Countywere Unionists, and many of the men were in the Federalarmy; some, too, in Kansas regiments. General Lanedestroyed and appropriated their property with the samerecklessness that he did the property of the was incapable of seeing that the loyal people of Mis-souri were entitled to the protection of the Federal Gov-ernment, even if they were fighting its CHAPTER XII. SPRINGFIELD RETAKEN AND ABANDONED. After the fall of Lexington, General Fremont com-menced to concentrate his forces for an active campaignagainst General Prices army. On the 27th of Septemberhe left St. Louis for Jefferson City to take command ofthe troops in the field in person. He had collected, atdifferent points in Central and Western Missouri, for thecampaign, about forty thousand troops, organized intofive divisions. General David Hunter, commanding the First Division,of 9,750 men, was directed to take position at Versailles,about forty miles southwest of Jefferson City. Thisdivision formed the left wing of the army. General John Pope was assigned to the command ofthe Second Division, of 9,220 men, and was directed tomove to Boonville, fifty miles northwest of JeffersonCity. His division formed the right wing of the armyand occupied positions at Boonville, Glasgow, and Bruns-wick, and points on a line between those places. The Third
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