. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . n men were armedand equipped, and finally attacked and broke up thecamp*of Governor Jackson, where troops were beinggathered to aid the Confederacy. Lyon was soonkilled in the Civil War which broke out in Missouri,but Blair lived to see Missouri held in the Union,to fight during the war, and finally to run as acandidate for Vice-president on the Seymour ticketin 1868. On February 28, the Convention met atJefferson City and organized by electing a unionman president by a vote of seventy-five to Convention immediately adjo
. Voting in the field; a forgotten chapter of the civil war . n men were armedand equipped, and finally attacked and broke up thecamp*of Governor Jackson, where troops were beinggathered to aid the Confederacy. Lyon was soonkilled in the Civil War which broke out in Missouri,but Blair lived to see Missouri held in the Union,to fight during the war, and finally to run as acandidate for Vice-president on the Seymour ticketin 1868. On February 28, the Convention met atJefferson City and organized by electing a unionman president by a vote of seventy-five to Convention immediately adjourned to meet atSt. Louis on March 4, when it met and continued insession until March 22, and adjourned until the thirdMonday in the following December. But the Committee, which the Convention author-ized to call it together at such time and place as theythought public exigencies required, called the Con-vention to meet at Jefferson City, the capital of theState, on July 22, when the Convention met andremained in session until the thirty-first of the month,. /h^^co^ /^ ^^^^/^^>^ MISSOURI 43 and again adjourned until the third Monday inDecember. It was, however, reconvened in St. Louison October 10, by a proclamation of the Governor,and after a session of eight days adjourned, subjectto the call of the Governor. On June 2, 1862, the Governor again called theConvention to meet in Jefferson City, and it was insession until the fourteenth of the month, when it wasadjourned until July 4, 1863, previous to which theGovernor called it together at Jefferson City on June15, 1863, and it remained in session until July 1st,when it adjourned sine die. On June 12, 1862, the Convention passed anordinance providing that the commanding officer ofany company of Missouri troops in the service of theUnited States or of the State of Missouri, membersof which were qualified voters under the laws of theState, should cause an election to be held by the mem-bers of such company on the day of any ge
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