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In 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon marched through the divided slave state Missouri en route to St. Louis. Lyon was to arrest a state militia unit at Camp Jackson that planned to raid a federal arsenal in the city. Upon capturing the men, Lyon's troops encountered crowds of hostile citizens and, after a gun shot, they fired on the mob, killing at least 28 civilians in what is now known as the Camp Jackson affair, or the St. Louis massacre.
In this book, the author describes partisan activities leading to hostilities, promotes awareness about the history of slavery in America, and explores political divisions still evident in American culture. Previously unpublished materials about Governor Claiborne Jackson are included, as well as the role of Montgomery Blair in the fight for Missouri, an analysis of the number of arms in the St. Louis Arsenal and the unknown total number of casualties of the St. Louis massacre.
Table des matières
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
¿ A Less Perfect Union
¿1.¿Certain Unalienable Rights
¿2.¿One Boundless Cotton Field
¿3.¿Trans-Mississippi Warning
¿ Article IV
¿4.¿The Land Between Them
¿5.¿Two Squirrel Guns and a Revolver
¿6.¿"A heap o' trouble"
¿ Perils of Bondage
¿7.¿The Augury
¿8.¿Matters of Opinion
¿9.¿Center State Outlier
¿ Politics of Conflict
10.¿1860
11.¿Choosing Sides
12.¿The Arsenal
¿ Unconditional Men
13.¿House of Blair
14.¿"I'll blow it to hell first"
15.¿Captain Lyon
¿ Turning Point
16.¿Upsurge
17.¿Hayfoot and Strawfoot
18.¿Boomerang Convention
¿ Forces of War
19.¿Trouble in Charleston Harbor
20.¿Point Counter Point
21.¿Home Guard Volunteers
22.¿Illinois Strategy
¿ Power Grab
23.¿The Germans
24.¿Lindell Grove
25.¿Forcing Move
¿ Fateful Decisions
26.¿March on Camp Jackson
27.¿Showdown at Lindell Grove
28.¿Captain Lyon's Blunder
29.¿Hostile Defiance
¿ The St. Louis Massacre
30.¿Black Friday
31.¿Casualties
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
A propos de l'auteur
Kenneth E. Burchett is a retired professor emeritus from the University of Central Arkansas and is the author of 12 books. He lives in Branson, Missouri.
Résumé
Describes partisan activities leading to hostilities in the US Civil War, promotes awareness about the history of slavery in America, and explains political divisions still evident in American culture. Included are previously unpublished materials about Governor Claiborne Jackson and the role of Montgomery Blair in the fight for Missouri.
