. The story of a border city during the civil war . rdlanguage already quoted, and secretly appealed byprivate messengers to Jefferson Davis for cannon withwhich to bombard and take the Arsenal, and in hothaste summoned the legislature to meet in extra session,at Jefferson City, on May 2d, in order to place theState in a proper attitude of defence; that all mightbe legally done, he fell back on the militia law of 1858,and ordered the commanding officers of the severalmilitia districts of the State to call together, on May 6th,for six days, those legally required to do military dutyfor the purp
. The story of a border city during the civil war . rdlanguage already quoted, and secretly appealed byprivate messengers to Jefferson Davis for cannon withwhich to bombard and take the Arsenal, and in hothaste summoned the legislature to meet in extra session,at Jefferson City, on May 2d, in order to place theState in a proper attitude of defence; that all mightbe legally done, he fell back on the militia law of 1858,and ordered the commanding officers of the severalmilitia districts of the State to call together, on May 6th,for six days, those legally required to do military dutyfor the purpose of drill in the art of war. This ordergave General Frost liberty to form a military camp inany place he might choose within the limits of our cityor county. But it was now too late to form his encampmentas he had proposed to the Governor on the hills over-looking the Arsenal; the lynx-eyed, energetic Lyonhad already occupied those heights with an adequate » Moore, D. of E., Vol. II, p. 60. Doc. 174, p. 494. Also W. R. S. 1,Vol. Ill, pp. Camp Jackson 89 force of infantry and artillery. So Frost called hismilitia together on the western border of the city, inLindells Grove, near the intersection of Olive Streetand Grand Avenue. There, at the time designated bythe Governor, he went into encampment. As he hadurged in his memorial. Colonel Bowen was ordered toreport to him. This to every loyal onlooker was asuspicious circumstance. Professedly the encampmentwas formed for the purpose of driUing the local militia,and at the start soldiers who were doing duty in theextreme western counties of the State were ordered tojoin it. While some of them hailed from St. Louis,many of them did not. Four companies of Minute Menin our city, open and avowed secessionists, with alacrityand enthusiasm responded to Frosts call and stoodforemost among the troops of his encampment.^ Youngmen from different parts of the State, one here and an-other there, also became part of this motley milit
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