. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861 : a monograph of the great rebellion . re. Dreading the intoleranceand the oppression of the oligarchy, the opponents ofsecession (other than the Republicans) clung to the Crit-tenden compromise as the only safe method of explain-ing their position against the secession/wrord. It is dif-ficult to obtain the records of any meeting, outside of thecity of St. Louis, vyhere a stand for unconditional Union-ism was taken, where the genuine Union feeling wasexpressed; and I am confident no such meeting was everheld. To those not in the secret, it seemed as
. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861 : a monograph of the great rebellion . re. Dreading the intoleranceand the oppression of the oligarchy, the opponents ofsecession (other than the Republicans) clung to the Crit-tenden compromise as the only safe method of explain-ing their position against the secession/wrord. It is dif-ficult to obtain the records of any meeting, outside of thecity of St. Louis, vyhere a stand for unconditional Union-ism was taken, where the genuine Union feeling wasexpressed; and I am confident no such meeting was everheld. To those not in the secret, it seemed as if secessionin IVIissouri was an accomplished fact; and so certainwere Jackson, Reynolds & Co. that the people woulddecide in their favor, that they willingly submitted thequestion of a convention to a vote of the State. ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN LYON AT THE ARSENAL. On the 6th of February, 1861, there arrived at theSt. Louis arsenal a company of regulars from Fort Kiley,all old soldiers, and superbly disciplined. Tliis company(eighty enlisted men) added materially to the force to. THE BEANT MANSION FREMONTs HEADQUARTERS. AND MISSOURI IN 1861. 57 whose charge was committed the safety of the the great demand and expectation of the Unionistswere not to be so much gratified by the numericalstrength Government was crowding into that valuableplace as in the calibre of the ofiicer whose commandsthose men obeyed. His arrival, announced to the Unionclubs, was greeted with an enthusiasm that welled forthfrom the deepest recesses of the loyalists soul; and thesecessionists, in Berthold mansion and State capitol,learned to fear and appreciate Natilvniel Lyon. EARLY life AXD CAREER OF LYOX. Nathaniel Lyon was born in Ashford, Windhamcounty, Connecticut, July 14, 1819. He was the sonof Amasa Lyon, a man of some prominence in his county,and for many years a magistrate. The mother ofXathaniel belonged to the Knowlton family, and ances-tors and relatives on either side had been distinguis
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