Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 1 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the warStephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
History
Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 1 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the war
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
The Federal troops remained in Springfield until Monday morning, and
then started on their retreat towards Rolla, unmolested by the rebels.
The enemy entered the town immediately after its evacuation by the
Federal forces, having suffered the loss of a large portion of their
tents, baggage and camp stores by the attack of Sigel.
Hundreds of the inhabitants of this section were now compelled to leave
their homes, and the exiles were seen every day on the roads leading to
St. Louis, fleeing for refuge beyond the lines of the insurgents,
plundered of everything and destitute, having been forced to abandon
their homes and property to save their lives.
The loyal people who remained were favored with proclamations by
McCulloch and Price, which abounded in abuse and misrepresentation of
the Federal army, and were filled with professions and promises which
strikingly contrasted with their administration and conduct.
This calamity was not merely disastrous by its positive loss, but it
gave a prestige of success to the rebel leaders, and afforded an
opportunity for them to increase the spirit of rebellion among the
people, as well as to nerve themselves to other enterprises. On the
17th, fifteen hundred recruits had assembled in Saline county, and were
preparing to join General Price, or to engage in local operations in the
surrounding counties. On the 18th, about one thousand men from Chariton
county crossed the Missouri at Brunswick, with a large number of horses
and wagons, on their march to join Price’s division.
The rebels were so much elated with the death of General Lyon and the
abandonment of Springfield by the Federal troops, that they became more
reckless than ever in their depredations and persecutions of the loyal
citizens. In St. Louis on the 14th, after the retreat became known, they
became so bold and defiant that General Fremont proclaimed martial law,
and appointed Major J. McKinstry as Provost-Marshal.
On the 20th, a train on the Hannibal and St. Joseph’s railroad was fired
into, and one soldier killed and six wounded. The train was immediately
stopped, and two of the guerrillas were killed and five captured.
Five days afterwards, on the 25th, Governor Gamble issued a proclamation
calling for forty-two thousand volunteers to defend the State, restore
peace and subdue the insurrection; the term of service to be six months,
unless sooner discharged.
KENTUCKY.
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