. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . eu-ten-ant Far-rand,while Lieu-ten-ant Lath-rop led a com-pa-ny of re-cruits with a light bat-ter-y of six guns. The worst time of all in Mis-sou-ri was at handthrough the act of Gen-er-al Fre-mont, when thenews came that Ly-on had met the foe, and wasslain at Wil-sons Creek. He put Mar-tial Law in force. This meant 166 Histoi-y of ]\Iisso2iri. woe to all who by speech or deed gave aid to thefoes of the U-nit-ed States Gov-ern-ment. Homesand lands were con-fis-ca-ted, and their slaves setfree. Wo-men or men were to be shot if foundguil-ty ofacti
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . eu-ten-ant Far-rand,while Lieu-ten-ant Lath-rop led a com-pa-ny of re-cruits with a light bat-ter-y of six guns. The worst time of all in Mis-sou-ri was at handthrough the act of Gen-er-al Fre-mont, when thenews came that Ly-on had met the foe, and wasslain at Wil-sons Creek. He put Mar-tial Law in force. This meant 166 Histoi-y of ]\Iisso2iri. woe to all who by speech or deed gave aid to thefoes of the U-nit-ed States Gov-ern-ment. Homesand lands were con-fis-ca-ted, and their slaves setfree. Wo-men or men were to be shot if foundguil-ty ofactive sympathy by the court of thosewho tried them. Ma-jor J. McKin-stry was madeProvost Mar-shal. No man, wo-man, or child could leave the ci-tyor State if they did not have apass which said who and whatthey were, what age, and whatweight and size they were, wherebound and irom where they hadcome, and un-der pen-al-ty ofdeath they gave their word notto say or do aught to aid the foe,but be loy-al to the U-nit-edStates. This was force with a hi oh. nanc 1 to DC sure It gave mean men a right to rob and kill onall sides, and say twas done to the foe. Wheregreat hosts of men go forth to war, some oi them willbe low and bad; thus all through Mis-sou-ri muchharm was done by the U-ni-on troops. This gaverise to new hate on the part of those who had tobear wrongs thus put on them. From this sprang General Fi-cmont in Mzssouji. 167 what some Un-ion men, who would see but one sideof the sceiies, call those in-fa-mous reb-el there no Un-ion raids, let me ask ? Canthese men speak the truth and say. No ? All the bad luck that came to the Un-ion troopsin the field at this time was put to the charge ofGen-er-al Fre-mont, who, by the 27th of Sep-tem-ber,had his force in or-der for the field of war. Withhis so well-known-to-fame body guard and Ma-jorZa-gon-yi and 20,000 men in charge of Gener-alsHunt-er, Pope, Sig-el, McKin-stry and Asboth, witheigh-ty-six piec-es of ar-til-le-ry, Gen-
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