Lyon, Nathaniel, sketch of the life of, 66–68; commissioned captain, 67, 68; claim of, to supreme command, at arsenal, denied, 68; visits the “Wide-Awakes,” 69; plans of, for arsenal, 69, 72; patrols vicinity of arsenal, 73; in command of troops, 70; in full command, 72, 73; plants batteries on bluffs, 73; empowered to raise and arm troops, 73; fortifies arsenal, 73; ability in defending arsenal, 76; dealings of, with Governor Yates of Illinois, 76; ruse of, to defend arsenal, 78; enrolls Missouri troops, 81, 83; refuses to remove troops, 84, 85; occupies bluffs, 88; declares governor in correspondence with Confederacy, 87; visits Camp Jackson in disguise, 92; meets with Committee of Safety, 92–93; captures Camp Jackson, 95; removes munitions from Camp Jackson to the Arsenal, 104; made Brigadier-General, 118; seizes “J. C. Swan” and lead, 118; success of, 119; confers with Price and Jackson, 198–201; campaign of, 201; at Boonville, 202–203; occupies Springfield, 203, 207; occupies Jefferson City, 202; pleads for troops, 207, 208; moves against Price and McCulloch, 209–210; his letter to Fremont, 210; praised by Snead, 211; killed in battle of Wilson’s Creek, 211; his army retreats to Rolla, 211; surprised Price and McCulloch at Wilson’s Creek, 211; body borne through Saint Louis, 212. McClellan, General George B., 298; nominated for president, 338. McCulloch, General Ben, 203, 207, 209; helps win battle of Wilson’s Creek, 211; with Price occupies Springfield, 211; defeated at Pea Ridge, 244. McDowell, Dr., Medical College of, made a military prison, 188–189. McKinstry, Major J., suppresses disloyal papers, 214; reprimands editor of Christian Advocate, 215; requires special permits to pass lines, 215. McNeil, Colonel, commandant of Saint Louis, 206. McPherson, William M., 122, 123. Marmaduke, marches towards Missouri, 323. Marshall, John, his interpretation of the Constitution, 51. Marshall, Honorable Thomas, lectures of, on Henry Clay, and the Revolution, 25, 26; downfall of, 27. Martial law, proclaimed in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County, 213; in the State, 217; passes required to leave the city, 215; deprecated by the loyal and disloyal, 216–217. Massachusetts, 26, 127, 295, 299. Meetings for prayer, 137–138. Mercantile Library Hall, 116, 117, 183; address in, by Honorable J. R. Giddings, 27; Convention of 1861, meets in, 44, 45; Convention of 1865 meets in, 343. Militia, of Missouri, to be called out by governor, 63; called to drill, May 2, 1861, 88; bill for equipping, 103; regiment of, mutinies, 284. Minute Men, Democratic political club, 20; drilled in military tactics, 21; armed, 22; under control of Governor Jackson, 71, 72; refuse to lay down arms, 81; join General Frost, 89.