. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR IN MISSOURI. 26s. coveted arms to Blaii-s Home Gruards and removed tlie rest to Illinois, andthen occupied with his own troops the hills around the arsenal. Frost con-sequently established Camp Jackson in a grove in the western part ofthe city, remote from the arsenal, and was drilling and disciplining hismen there in conformity to the laws of the State and under the flag of theUnion, when Jefferson Daviss gift toMissouri was taken into the camp. Blair an
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR IN MISSOURI. 26s. coveted arms to Blaii-s Home Gruards and removed tlie rest to Illinois, andthen occupied with his own troops the hills around the arsenal. Frost con-sequently established Camp Jackson in a grove in the western part ofthe city, remote from the arsenal, and was drilling and disciplining hismen there in conformity to the laws of the State and under the flag of theUnion, when Jefferson Daviss gift toMissouri was taken into the camp. Blair and Lyon, to whom every de-tail of the Governors scheme had beenmade known, had been waiting for thisopportunity. They had made up theirminds to capture the camp and to holdthe officers and men as prisoners of went into camp on the 6th ofMay. The anus from the Confederacywere taken thither on the 8th. On Sat-urday, the 11th, the camp was to breakup. Lyon had no time to lose. OnThursday he attired himself m a dressand shawl and other apparel of Blairsmother-in-law, Mrs. Alexander, andhaving completed his disguise by hid-ing his red beard and wea
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