The story of a border city during the Civil WarAnderson, Galusha
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The story of a border city during the Civil War
Anderson, Galusha
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Anderson, Reverend Galusha, pastor of Second Baptist Church, 122, 166;
character of his church, 122;
prays for president, 124–126;
outraged by sight of rebel flag, 126;
his congregation sings America, 130;
preaches against secession, 127–130;
attempted attack upon, 131;
prints sermon in Missouri Republican, 133;
marriage of, 131;
visits Cincinnati, 131;
left by secession parishioners, 133–134;
attempt to force resignation of, 136;
preaches first Union sermon in Saint Louis, 137;
preaches so-called “politics,” 139;
his association with Christian secessionists, 141;
one of his deacons won to the Union, 148–149;
his interview with artist of “The Slave Mart,” 156–157;
denounced by Presbyterian editor, 166;
his life threatened, 167–168;
in Washington’s Birthday Parade, 249;
joins Home Guards, 275;
preaches to soldiers, 301;
works in hospitals, 302;
helps conscience-stricken Quaker soldier, 303;
cares for religious work in Fifth Street Hospital, 304–307;
examines teachers for negro schools, 334–335;
preaches confidence in 1864, 339.
Anderson, guerilla leader, 325.
Anderson, Confederate prisoner, 302.
Anderson, Reverend Richard, negro pastor, 176;
early life of, 12;
attitude toward free negro exclusion bill, 13;
pleads for slave mother, 177–178.
Anderson, Reverend S. J. P., mistaken assault upon, 134–135;
preaches on “Ultimatum of the South,” 121, 135.
Army and Brigade Hospitals, 288.
Army, Union, Missouri troops in, 62;
of the Frontier, 274.
Arsenal in Saint Louis, 23, 82, 86;
arms at, 21;
situation of, 63;
fight for, 63–85;
description of, 63;
United States troops in, 64;
threatened attack on, 69;
fortifying of, 69, 73;
two heads to, 70;
rumors about, 74;
plots against, 76, 77, 90;
arms sent from, 77–80;
defense of, by Missourians, 83;
prisoners from Camp Jackson at, 99–102;
munitions from Camp Jackson removed to, 104;
“J. C. Swan” brought to, 118;
draped in black for General Lyon, 212.
Baptist Missionary Societies, hold meetings in Saint Louis, 365;
division among, 365.
Bast, George Y., casts only vote for secession in convention of 1861,
58.
Bates, Edward, President Lincoln’s Attorney-General, 4;
frees his slave, Richard Anderson, 12.
Baton Rouge, arms stolen from, 104, 118.
Battles, Boonville, 202, 288;
Carthage, 288;
Chickamauga, 315;
Davidson, Fort, 328;
Donelson, Fort, 296;
Dug Spring, 288;
Fair Oaks, 124;
Independence, 273;
Lexington, 219;
Pea Ridge, 244;
Pittsburg Landing, 291;
Wilson’s Creek, 211, 288.
Beauregard, General P. G. T., attack of, on Fort Sumter, 74;
street in Camp Jackson named for, 104.
Bell, Major William H., at Arsenal, 66, 67, 94;
pledges himself to General Frost, 66;
ordered to N. Y., 66;
resigns, 67.
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