THE STORY OF A BORDER CITY DURING THE CIVIL WAR [Illustration: A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF ST. LOUIS IN 1860. [_Frontispiece_ ] THE STORY OF A BORDER CITY DURING THE CIVIL WAR BY GALUSHA ANDERSON, S. T. D., LL. D. PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO RESIDENT OF ST. LOUIS FROM 1858 TO 1866 _With Twelve Portraits and Views_ “On the perilous edge of battle.”—_John Milton._ Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1908 _Copyright, 1908_, BY GALUSHA ANDERSON. _All rights reserved_ Published September, 1908 _COLONIAL PRESS Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A._ _To all those, living or dead, who by wisdom, tact and self-sacrifice helped to keep Missouri in the Union, this book is affectionately dedicated_ AN EXPLANATION I have been frequently urged by men in different parts of the country to write out, and give to the public, the story of St. Louis during the Civil War. Having had of late my time largely at my own disposal, I determined to yield to these earnest solicitations. But I have found the task somewhat more difficult than I anticipated. While all that I saw in St. Louis, and all in which I participated, came back to my mind with remarkable freshness and vividness, I have been compelled, because of the lapse of time since the war, to verify my recollections by wide reading and painstaking research. I have tried to weigh impartially what has been said both by those who were for, and those who were against, the Union. Upon some points pertaining to military operations in St. Louis and Missouri, I have found considerable conflicting testimony. In such cases I have either given authorities on both sides, or, having sifted the evidence pro and con, have presented what seemed to me to be, at least approximately, the historical facts. And while in some instances I may have come short of absolute accuracy, in all my statements I have earnestly endeavored to present the exact truth.