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Excerpt from Missouri: A Bone of Contention In the preparation of this volume the following works have been found of service, though it is proper to add that the list is by no means complete, and that it does not include any of the authoritative publications that have found their way into the newspapers and magazines of the day. Bancroft, H. H. History of the Pacific States. San Francisco. Barbe-Marbois. Histoire de la Louisiane. Paris, 1829. Barnes, C. R., editor. Commonwealth of Missouri. St. Louis, 1877. Benton, Thomas H. Thirty Years in the Senate of the United States. New York, 1856. Abridgment of the Debates in Congress, from 1789 to 1856. New York. Bevier, R. S. History of the 1st and 2d Missouri Confederate Brigades. From Wakarusa to Appomattox. St. Louis, 1879. Billon, F. L. Annals of St. Louis. St. Louis, 1886. Brackenridge, H. M. Views of Louisiana. Pittsburgh, 1814. Recollections of the West, 2d edition. Philadelphia, 1868. Brown, G. W. Reminiscences of Old John Brown. Rockford, III., 1880. Buchanan's Administration. New York, 1866. Cooke, P. St. George. Conquest of California and New Mexico. New York, 1878. Davis and Durrie. History of Missouri. Cincinnati, 1876. Edwards, Richard, and M. Hopewell. The Great West. St. Louis, 1860. Flint, Timothy. Travels. Boston, 1826. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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.
One will not find the name of William Clarke Quantrill in the pantheon of noble Civil War personalities but rather listed near the top of the list of its notorious scoundrels. He has been demonized as the devil incarnate, and most historical accounts portray him as a sadistic, pitiless, bloodthirsty killer. That image, however, did not ring true to Paul R. Petersen when he weighed it against the man's wartime accomplishments. When he began researching Quantrill of Missouri, he found that much of the lore that has been accepted as fact had been recorded by those who fought against Quantrill. In short, the victors wrote the history. Petersen asks, "How could this so-called fiend have been a respected schoolteacher? How could he have organized and led up to four hundred men in the most noted band of guerrilla fighters known to history? How could he be so hated by his own men and still lead them in the most renowned battles through Missouri, winning victories over superior Union forces? Others entrusted their sons to him. Others served him as spies. Women willingly tended his wounded, and his followers even guarded him in battle. Most of his people were God-fearing farmers...God-fearing, righteous people would not have followed a depraved, degenerate, psychotic killer."