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The story of a border city during the Civil War

Chapter 31: INDEX
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The author, drawing on his residence in the city and subsequent research, delivers an eyewitness account of city life immediately before and during the Civil War. He traces political divisions and popular feeling in a community split between loyalty and disloyalty, and documents military actions that directly affected urban life, episodes of riot and seizure, prison and refugee conditions, medical and relief efforts, debates in pulpit and press, and initiatives for educating formerly enslaved people. The narrative combines chronological episodes and topical chapters, illustrated with portraits and views, to show how border-city circumstances shaped wartime experience and postwar adjustment.

INDEX

  • Abolitionists, denounced, 48;
    • alleged atrocious conduct of, 54;
    • hated, 161;
    • two extraordinary, 170–176;
    • as viewed by Southerners, 252.
  • Alabama, Governor of, urges secession, 23, 33.
  • Alton, Illinois, arms landed at, 79;
    • murder of Lovejoy at, 80;
    • fugitives from panic in Saint Louis flee to, 111.
  • 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.
  • Belle Fontaine, the Cemetery, 4;
    • the Fort, headquarters of Department of Upper Louisiana, 7;
    • Sac and Fox Indians sell land around, 7.
  • Benton, Thomas H., most distinguished man in Missouri, 4;
    • funeral of, 4;
    • called “The Magisterial,” 4;
    • United States Senator, 5;
    • political speeches of, 5;
    • opposed to nomination of John C. Fremont, 5.
  • Bitterness of feeling in Saint Louis during the war, 159–169.
  • Blair, Frank P., 4, 92;
    • member of Congress and friend to Lyon, 69;
    • forms Home Guard, 69;
    • visits President Buchanan, 70;
    • appeals to Secretary of War in Lyon’s behalf, 73;
    • in attack on Camp Jackson, 96;
    • confers with Committee of Safety, 93;
    • rumor of his intended attack on the state capital, 104;
    • life of, threatened, 163–165;
    • proscribed, 169;
    • in conference with General Lyon and Governor Jackson, 199–201;
    • opposes Fremont, 222;
    • becomes conservative, 279.
  • Blunt, General, drives guerrillas from Missouri, 273.
  • Bogie, Mr., candidate for Congress, 5.
  • Boonville, battle of, 202, 203, 288;
    • panic at, 322.
  • Border slave states, ignored by seceding states, 60;
    • kept in Union by Missouri’s loyalty, 62.
  • Bowen, Colonel, of militia, on Kansas border, 88;
    • reports to General Frost at Saint Louis, 89.
  • Breckinridge, Judge S. M., 45.
  • Broadhead, James O, lawyer, 4;
    • member of Convention of 1861, 44;
    • member of Committee of Safety, 92;
    • attendant at Second Baptist Church, 122.
  • Brotherton, Marshal, deacon, slaveholder, emancipator, 170–173.
  • Buchanan, President James, 65, 68, 176;
    • inactivity of, 32, 34–36, 124;
    • contrast to President Jackson, 35;
    • his position repudiated by loyalists, 35;
    • sends troops to Saint Louis, 64;
    • refuses Captain Lyon supreme command of the Arsenal at Saint Louis, 70;
    • prayed for, 124–125.
  • Buckner, General Simon B., surrenders Fort Donelson, 246.
  • Bushwhackers in Missouri, 324;
    • murders by, 325.
  • Butler, General Benjamin F., 262, 285.
  • Cairo, fugitives from panic flee to, 111;
    • military encampment at, 209;
    • General Grant at, 223;
    • Sanitary Commission at, 296;
    • General Smith at, with relief for Missouri, 326.
  • Calhoun, John C., disciples of, in Convention of 1861, 50–51.
  • Cameron, Simon, President Lincoln’s Secretary of War, 84, 88;
    • visits Fremont, 222.
  • Camp Jackson, 86–105, 106, 119, 126, 159, 169, 181, 198, 203;
    • for whom named, 89;
    • fear of, 90–91;
    • number of men at, 91;
    • attack upon, 95–98;
    • prisoners from, 97–99;
    • results from capture of, 99–103;
    • character of, 104–105;
    • streets in, 104.
  • Canby, General E. R. S., calls for soldiers, 320.
  • Carthage, battle of, 288.
  • Cavender, Mr., gives time to Home for Refugees, 293.
  • Chamber of Commerce, division of, 153–154.
  • “Charcoals and Claybanks,” 276–287, 341, 342;
    • radical and conservative Unionists, 277–278;
    • differences among, 278;
    • extreme policy of Charcoals, 280–282;
    • Charcoals oppose General Schofield and Governor Gamble, 283–284;
    • complain to War Department, 285;
    • Claybanks favor and oppose General Schofield, 287.
  • Chicago Convention nominates Abraham Lincoln, 54–55.
  • Chickamauga, battle of, 315.
  • Chouteau, Colonel, house of, back from river, 7.
  • Christian secessionists, 140–141.
  • Church, see “Pulpit,” “Baptist,” “Presbyterian.”
  • City General Hospital, 290.
  • City Hospital, 288.
  • “City of Alton,” steamer, engaged to carry arms, 77–80.
  • “City of Louisiana,” fitted as a hospital, 297.
  • Civil government in Saint Louis inaugurated, 7.
  • “Claybanks,” see “Charcoals and Claybanks.”
  • Clayton, Honorable A. M., of Alabama, 119.
  • Clubs, political, 19–22;
    • see “Wide-Awakes” and “Minute Men.”
  • Colonization Society, 175.
  • Columbus, Kentucky, fugitives from panic flee to, 111;
    • rebels at, plan to seize Paducah, 223;
    • Union army there first, 245.
  • Committee of Safety, 92–93.
  • Committee on Federal Relations, of Convention of 1861, 53, 49;
    • reports against secession, 57.
  • Conant, A. J., unveils Lincoln’s portrait, 366.
  • Conant, Major, in conference with Lyon and Jackson, 199.
  • Confederacy, Southern, 71, 82, 87, 105, 119, 147;
    • formed, 62;
    • Congress of, votes to admit Missouri, 232;
    • authorizes Jefferson Davis to raise troops in Missouri, 232.
  • Confiscation, of war material in Saint Louis, 116;
    • of the “J. C. Swan,” 118;
    • of slaves, 218;
    • by General Curtis, 280.
  • Constitution of Missouri, new, of 1865, 349, 356;
    • ratified at polls, 357;
    • portion of, declared unconstitutional, 359.
  • Convention of Missouri of 1861, how created, 41–42;
    • met in Jefferson City, 42–43;
    • adjourned to Saint Louis, 45;
    • its composition, 46–48;
    • pro-slavery in sentiment, 48;
    • divided on how to preserve slavery, 49;
    • conditional and unconditional unionists in, 50–52;
    • organization of, 53;
    • speech in, by Orr, 54;
    • action of, on Georgia’s Ordinance of Secession, 55;
    • opposed by legislature, 56;
    • sovereign in Missouri, 57, 231;
    • voted down secession, 58;
    • adjourned to meet on call of Committee, 58;
    • came together in July, 227;
    • established provisional state government, 228;
    • sustained by Halleck, 235;
    • required oath of allegiance, 235.
  • Convention, Radical, of 1865, 342–359;
    • calling of, 342;
    • composition of, 343–344;
    • met in Mercantile Library Hall, 343;
    • a German as president of, 344;
    • passed Emancipation Ordinance, 345–346;
    • made drastic requirements for the franchise, 349–352;
    • adopted “Oath of Loyalty,” 351–353;
    • amended the constitution, 349–352, 360–361;
    • rejoicing in, over Lee’s surrender, 360;
    • adjourned sine die, April 10, 361.
  • Cooper, William, commissioner from Alabama, 23.
  • Crum, Mr., candidate for Congress, 5.
  • Currency, 268–270;
    • postage-stamps used as, 269;
    • “postage currency,” 269;
    • “fractional currency,” 269;
    • furs used as, 8.
  • Curtis, General Samuel R., 274, 280;
    • drives Price from Missouri, 244;
    • wins victory at Pea Ridge, 244;
    • in command at Saint Louis, 274;
    • favors Charcoals, 280;
    • confiscations by, 280;
    • in collision with governor, 281;
    • removal of, 282, 283.
  • Davidson, Fort, battle of, 328.
  • Davis, Jefferson, his letter to Governor Jackson, 87;
    • cannon solicited from, 88, 94;
    • street in Camp Jackson named for, 104;
    • cannon sent by, to Saint Louis, 105;
    • cheers for, 191;
    • visited by Governor Jackson, 229;
    • authorized to raise troops in Missouri, 232;
    • approves act admitting Missouri to Confederacy, 233.
  • Decisions for and against the Union, 146–158;
    • for the Union, 146–149.
  • Democrats, 20;
    • on Saint Louis school board, 336.
  • Divisions, caused by the war, 146–158;
    • in church, 151–153;
    • in Chamber of Commerce, 153–154;
    • between friends, 149–151, 154.
  • Dix, Dorothea L., superintendent of nurses, 288;
    • appoints Mr. Yeatman her agent in Saint Louis, 294.
  • Donelson, Fort, capture of, 246;
    • Sanitary Commission at, 296.
  • Douglas, Stephen A., his debates with Lincoln, 11;
    • champion of squatter sovereignty, 17, 20.
  • Drake, Charles D., advocate of Oath of Loyalty, “Draconian Oath,” 355;
    • calls for cheers for Lee’s surrender, 360.
  • Dryden, John, altered quotation from, 148.
  • Dug Spring, battle of, 288.
  • Duke, Basil Wilson, leader of Minute Men, police commissioner, 72.
  • Eliot, Reverend William G., D.D., 4, 301;
    • Unitarian, unionist, 121;
    • of the Sanitary Commission, 289;
    • description of, 290;
    • offers prayer of thanksgiving in Convention of 1865, 345–346.
  • Emancipation, Proclamation of, by President Lincoln, 149;
    • by individual slave owners, 170–176;
    • by General Halleck, 241;
    • Ordinance passed by Missouri Convention of 1865, 345, 356;
    • celebrated at Saint Louis and Jefferson City, 347–348.
  • Engler, Mr., banished because of resistance to assessments, 243.
  • Everett, Edward, delivers oration on Washington, in Saint Louis, 271, 272.
  • Ewing, General, 327–330;
    • holds Pilot Knob, 327;
    • checks Price at Fort Davidson, 328;
    • retreats to the Meramec, 329;
    • holds Harrison Station, 329.
  • Fair, Mississippi Valley Sanitary, held by Western Sanitary Commission, 309–314;
    • participants in, 309–310;
    • departments of, 311–312;
    • Germans in, 311–312;
    • wide-spread response to appeals for, 310;
    • success of, 313;
    • a boon to Saint Louis, 314.
  • Federal Relations, committee on in convention of 1861, 49, 53, 57.
  • Filley, Oliver D., mayor of Saint Louis, a friend to Lyon, 69;
    • member of Committee of Safety, 92.
  • Flags, absence of, in 1861, 23, 38, 131, 362;
    • rebel, in street, 38–39, 72, 126,
      • hauled down, 100,
      • suppressed by Halleck, 237;
    • display of Stars and Stripes, 146–147, 159, 248;
    • on Court-House, 29;
    • lowered at Sumter, 75;
    • at the Fair, 313.
  • Fletcher, Governor T. C., 346;
    • election of, 341;
    • proclaims Emancipation Ordinance, 348;
    • proclaims Revised Constitution, 357;
    • proclaims end of armed conflict, 368.
  • Floyd, John Buchanan, of Virginia, Secretary of War, sends arms south, 34.
  • Foote, Commodore Andrew Hull, at Fort Henry, 245;
    • at Fort Donelson, 246.
  • Fort Sumter, fall of, 74, 75;
    • effect of, in Saint Louis, 75.
  • Foster, Mr., delegate to convention of 1861, 56.
  • Freedmen’s Relief Society, organized, 294.
  • Fremont, John C., offered Republican nomination for President, 5;
    • Major-General, 206;
    • his fleet on the Mississippi, 208;
    • deceived at New Madrid, 209;
    • at Cairo, 209, 230;
    • fails to support Lyon, 208–209, 212–213;
    • praises Lyon, 213;
    • inefficiency of, 212–213, 219, 223;
    • declares martial law in Saint Louis, 213,
      • in Missouri, 217;
    • frees slaves of the disloyal, 217;
    • is reproved by Lincoln, 217–218;
    • fails to reënforce Mulligan, 219;
    • fortifies Saint Louis, 220;
    • leaves for Jefferson City, 221;
    • his campaign in Missouri, 221;
    • appoints officers and approves bills improperly, 223;
    • occupies Springfield, 221;
    • at Jefferson City, 223;
    • reproved by Secretary of War, 222, 223;
    • removal of, 224;
    • confidence in, shown by Germans, 225;
    • his patriotism, 225;
    • favored Charcoals, 279;
    • aids hospitals, 288;
    • fits up hospital cars, 296.
  • Frost, General Daniel M., 66, 105;
    • sketch of life of, 87;
    • his plans for seizing Saint Louis, 87–90;
    • his letter to Lyon, 94;
    • disloyal record of, 94;
    • a spy, 95;
    • in command of all Missouri militia, 88;
    • forms camp at west of city, 89;
    • learns of Lyon’s plans, 94;
    • joins rebel army, 94;
    • surrenders Camp Jackson, 95.
  • Fugitive Slave Law, execution of, demanded, 52;
    • a dead letter, 181.
  • Fur trade, chief trade in Saint Louis, early part of nineteenth century, 8.
  • Gallaher, Reverend H. M., attacked, while in pulpit of author, 131.
  • Gamble, Honorable Hamilton R., chairman of Committee on Federal Relations, 49, 50, 53;
    • chosen provisional governor of Missouri, 228;
    • issues proclamation, 228–229;
    • calls for state troops, 229;
    • takes action against guerrillas, 273.
  • Georgia, Ordinance of Secession of, 55;
    • commissioner from, visits Missouri officials, 53–56.
  • Germans in Saint Louis, in 1860, 1;
    • Republicans, 16;
    • enter volunteer service, 81;
    • three fourths of volunteer force, 85;
    • soldiers, 97, 98;
    • at attack on Camp Jackson, 97;
    • in the Home Guards, 106;
    • rumor of intended rising of, 112;
    • fear attack by Americans, 113;
    • rumor of intended advance of, on Jefferson City, 104;
    • attack on, 106–107;
    • bitterness against, 160;
    • fired on, 204;
    • at the Fair, 311.
  • Giddings, Honorable J. R., of Connecticut Western Reserve, his address on slavery, 27, 28;
    • his opposition to slavery, 27.
  • Glenn, Honorable Luther J., commissioner from Georgia, visits Missouri convention of 1861, 53–56.
  • Glover, Samuel T., lawyer, 4;
    • member of Committee of Safety, 92;
    • his writ of replevin, 93.
  • Grant, General Ulysses S., at Saint Louis, 100;
    • at Cairo, 209, 223;
    • at Paducah, 223;
    • organizes an army, above Columbus, 245;
    • at Fort Henry, 245;
    • at Fort Donelson, 246–247;
    • on the Mississippi, 251;
    • at Vicksburg, 298;
    • sustains Western Sanitary Commission, 295;
    • in Virginia, 320, 338, 340, 360;
    • accuses Rosecrans, 321;
    • at Appomattox, 360, 361.
  • Greely, C. S., Esquire, of the Sanitary Commission, 289.
  • Greely and Gale, loyal firm, name of, used as a blind, 104.
  • Guerrillas, 240, 274–275, 321–324;
    • cause much damage, 272;
    • action against, 273;
    • driven from Missouri, 273–274;
    • invade Missouri from the South and Illinois, 320;
    • plunder Union men, 324.
  • Hagner, Major Peter V., description of, 67, 72;
    • in command at arsenal, 67;
    • claims to outrank Lyon, 68;
    • refuses to fortify arsenal, 69;
    • in command of ordnance, 70.
  • Hall, Mr., of Randolph County, member of Convention of 1861, 44.
  • Hall, Willard P., provisional Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri, 228.
  • Halleck, General Henry W., seizes secession rendezvous, 168;
    • in command in Missouri, 234–250;
    • protects railroads, 239–240;
    • puts slaves to work for the government, 239–241;
    • assesses rich rebels, 242–243;
    • character of, 234;
    • supports convention, 235;
    • enforces requirement of oath of allegiance, 236, 352;
    • suppresses display of rebel flag, 237;
    • orders spies shot, 238;
    • banishes spies, 238;
    • censors newspapers, 238;
    • feeds refugees, 242–244;
    • leaves Saint Louis, 250, 272;
    • favors Claybanks and Charcoals, 279.
  • Hammer, Colonel, 208.
  • Hancock, Daniel J., deacon of Second Baptist Church, 123.
  • Hancock, General Winfield S., anecdote of, 123.
  • Hardee, General William J., 207.
  • Harding, General, quartermaster general, sent by Governor Jackson to procure munitions, 90.
  • Harney, General William Selby, orders troops away from subtreasury, 64;
    • sketch of life of, 67;
    • refuses chief command to Lyon, 68;
    • sustained by General Scott and President Buchanan, 70;
    • appoints Lyon in command at the arsenal, 72;
    • called to Washington, 73;
    • characterizes the militia bill as a secession measure, 103;
    • returns to Saint Louis, 108;
    • tries to quiet panic, 108–109;
    • proclamation of, 108, 115;
    • seizes arms, 116–117;
    • his agreement with Price, 117;
    • removal of, 118;
    • succeeded by Lyon, 118, 198.
  • Harper, Captain, extraordinary abolitionist, 174–176.
  • Henderson, Honorable John B., chairman of committee, reports against prayer of Georgia to secede, 55.
  • Henry, Fort, capture of, 245.
  • Home Guards, 62, 72, 73, 200, 274;
    • “Wide-Awakes” transformed into, 69;
    • plans to secure arms for, 69;
    • control of, in hands of Governor Jackson, 71, 72;
    • attack upon, 106;
    • rumor of intended attack by, 108–114;
    • declared enemies to the Confederacy, 233;
    • in conflict with State Guards, 240;
    • defend Saint Louis, 327.
  • “Homes,” for soldiers, 292, 296, 300;
    • for refugees, 293, 295, 261;
    • for orphans, 314;
    • number of people cared for in, 300.
  • Hospitals, 288–308;
    • great demand for, 291;
    • fifteen, 291;
    • New House of Refuge, 288;
    • City Hospital, 288;
    • City General, 290;
    • cars fitted as, by General Fremont, 296;
    • floating, 297;
    • flying, 297;
    • Southerners in, 302;
    • incidents in, 301–308;
    • uplifting influence of, on Saint Louis, 308.
  • How, John, member of Union Safety Committee, 69, 92, 93;
    • defeat of, for mayor, 71.
  • Howell, Mr., conditional unionist delegate to Convention of 1861, 52.
  • Hunter, General David, succeeds Fremont, 225–226, 234.
  • Independence, battle of, 273.
  • Ironton, lead seized at, by Lyon, 118.
  • Jackson, Governor Claiborn F., 44, 66, 71, 77, 79, 89, 94, 103, 105, 119, 198;
    • sympathizes with secession, 23, 33;
    • favors convention, 41–42;
    • receives Commissioner Glenn, 54;
    • rumor of his intention to seize arsenal, 77;
    • appoints police commissioners, 72;
    • refuses troops, 84, 88;
    • plants batteries, 86;
    • in correspondence with Confederacy, 87–88;
    • summons special session of legislature, 88;
    • confers with Frost on seizure of Saint Louis, 87–88;
    • buys munitions, 90;
    • removes war material from Jefferson City, 104;
    • a fugitive, 167, 227, 229;
    • in conference with Lyon, 198–202;
    • visits Jefferson Davis at Richmond, 229;
    • returns and issues proclamation, 231.
  • Jackson, James, contraband, tries to learn to read, 265–266.
  • Jefferson Barracks, hospital at, 291;
    • receives and treats eleven thousand soldiers, 292.
  • Jefferson City, 70, 77, 88, 201, 346, 347;
    • Convention leaves, 43, 45, 60;
    • panic at, 102–104;
    • evacuated by Jackson, 201;
    • occupied by Lyon, 202;
    • occupied by Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, 220;
    • Fremont at, 221–223;
    • troops at, overestimated, 330;
    • emancipation celebrated at, 348.
  • Jefferson, Thomas, purchase of Louisiana by, 6.
  • “John Brown’s Body,” sung by Indiana troops, 245;
    • by legislature, 348;
    • over Grant’s last victory, 362.
  • Johnson, Reverend G. J., D.D., 161, 162.
  • Johnson, J. B., M.D., of Sanitary Commission, 289.
  • Kansas, War, 11;
    • invasion of, 24;
    • Lyon in, 68;
    • troops from, pursue Price, 330.
  • Kelly, Captain, at Camp Jackson, 90, 91.
  • Kelton, J. C., Fremont’s assistant adjutant-general, 208.
  • Knights of the Golden Circle, 317, 338;
    • its numbers and wide influence, 317;
    • checked by Rosecrans, 318;
    • expected rising of, 331.
  • Krekel, Arnold, president of Convention of 1865, 344.
  • Laclede, Pierre Ligueste, early trader, 6;
    • digs first cellar, 7, 8.
  • Ladies’ Union Aid Society, 296;
    • formation and composition of, 293;
    • receives donation from Western Sanitary Commission, 314.
  • Lafayette, Marquis de, entertained in Saint Louis, 1825, 7.
  • Lane, General, of Kansas, 284.
  • Lawyers, distinguished, before the war, 4.
  • Lead, seizure of, 118;
    • exportation of, 118–119.
  • Lee, General R. E., surrender of, rejoicing over, 360, 361.
  • Legislature, votes to expel free negroes, 11;
    • creates Convention, 41, 42;
    • opposes Convention, 56;
    • attempts to carry Missouri into the Confederacy, 70, 71;
    • special session of, 88;
    • after capture of Camp Jackson, 103;
    • fears attack, 104;
    • puts Governor Jackson in absolute control of Saint Louis, 103;
    • passes militia bill, 103;
    • fugitive, 227, 232;
    • passes secession ordinance, 231–232.
  • Lexington, Missouri, battle of, 219.
  • Lieutenant-Governor, the unseated and fugitive secession, 227;
    • issues proclamation at New Madrid, 229;
    • the provisional, Willard P. Hall, 228.
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 4, 19, 32, 51, 62, 71, 82, 84, 94, 124, 149, 299, 318, 359, 360;
    • his debates with Douglas, 11;
    • his declaration of 1858, 11;
    • misrepresentation of, 15;
    • election of, 18, 51, 340, 341;
    • speaks in Philadelphia, 37;
    • inauguration of, 37, 38;
    • nominated for president, 55, 338;
    • his call for troops, 75;
    • his call for troops denounced, 84;
    • anecdote of, 162;
    • policy of, toward Fremont, 217;
    • recalls Fremont’s proclamation, 218;
    • letter of, to Schofield, 282;
    • allays strife, 285;
    • effects of his death, 362–365, 366;
    • portrait of, 366.
  • Lindell’s Grove, site of Camp Jackson, 89, 90, 165.
  • Linton, Doctor, member of Convention of 1861, 43;
    • in Convention of 1865; opposes Oath of Loyalty, 355.
  • Lovejoy, Elijah Parish, death of, at Alton, 80.
  • 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.
  • Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, of 1864, 309–314;
    • see “Fair.”
  • Missouri Historical Society, 6.
  • Missouri Republican, prints sermon on “Duty of Obedience to Established Government,” 133;
    • its Union and Secession editors 143–144.
  • Mitchell, Captain, of “City of Alton,” 79.
  • Mulligan, surrender of, at Lexington, 219, 220.
  • Napoleon, sells Louisiana, 6.
  • Negroes in Saint Louis, slaves, 1, 9;
    • bill to exclude free, 11–14;
    • a pastor of, 12–13;
    • at the Fair, 313;
    • schools for, 333–337;
    • celebrate passing of Emancipation Ordinance, 347;
    • own taxable property, 333.
  • Nelson, Reverend Henry A., 4;
    • Presbyterian Unionist, 121.
  • Neosho, guerrillas near, 323.
  • New House of Refuge Hospital, 288.
  • New Orleans, slave market, 172, 177, 182.
  • Newspapers, see “Press.”
  • Noble, Thomas S., sketch of life of, 155–157;
    • paints “The Slave Mart,” 156;
    • paints “John Brown going to Execution,” 157.
  • Nurses, qualifications of, for Saint Louis hospitals, 294;
    • efficiency of, 305.
  • Oath, to sustain the constitution of United States and Missouri, by Convention of 1861, 53;
    • by members of Camp Jackson, 89;
    • of fealty to Missouri asserted supreme, 103;
    • of allegiance, taken by prisoners, 102, 196;
    • in prayer-meeting, 137–138;
    • demanded by Halleck, 235–236;
    • keeps many from voting, 341;
    • “of Loyalty,” 351;
    • severity of, 354–356;
    • distress resulting from, 357–359;
    • “Test Oath,” 353;
    • called “Draconian,” 355;
    • set aside by Supreme Court, 359.
  • Oliver, Mordecai, Secretary of State of Missouri, 228.
  • Order of American Knights, 317, 331.
  • Order of the Star, 317;
    • see “Knights of the Golden Circle.”
  • Ordinance of Emancipation, 345–349.
  • Orr, Honorable Sample, speech in Convention of 1861, 54.
  • Paducah, occupied by Grant, 223;
    • Sanitary Commission at, 296.
  • Panic, in Saint Louis after capture of Camp Jackson, 101–102;
    • in Jefferson City, 103–104;
    • of May 12, 107–115;
    • at Boonville, 322.
  • Partridge, George, Esquire, of Sanitary Commission, 289.
  • Pierce, President Franklin, 68.
  • Pike, General Albert, 244.
  • Pillow, General Gideon J., 207, 208, 229, 230.
  • Pilot Knob, Confederate troops near, 326;
    • General Ewing at, 327.
  • Planters’ Hotel, 163, 164;
    • conference at, 199–202.
  • Plot against the Union, 315–332;
    • clues of, followed up, 316;
    • object and character of, 317;
    • names of organization in, 317;
    • places and leaders in, 317;
    • incited by press, 319;
    • rumors of, get abroad, 320;
    • movements by guerrillas, a part of, 321–325;
    • helped by bushwhackers, 324–326;
    • General Price in, 326–331;
    • failure of, 331.
  • Police of Saint Louis, control of, in hands of Governor Jackson, 71, 72;
    • commissioners of, demand removal of troops, 84;
    • checks rioting, 102.
  • Pope, Major-General John, 212, 368.
  • Post, Reverend Truman M., 4, 121, 301.
  • Praying for the President, 124–126.
  • Preachers, distinguished, before the war, 4.
  • Preaching, against disunion, 127–134, 136, 139–140, 149, 166;
    • preaching “politics,” 139;
    • to soldiers, 301;
    • of good cheer, 338–340.
  • Presbyterians, minister of, preaches on “The Ultimatum of the South,” 121;
    • General Convention of, in Saint Louis, 366;
    • debate in Convention over secession of Synod, 367–368.
  • Press, the, attitude and influence of, 142–145;
    • censored by Halleck, 238;
    • The Missouri Republican, 12, 116, 133, 143–144,
      • publishes sermon on “Obedience to Government,” 132;
    • Harper’s Weekly, 15;
    • The Missouri Democrat, 143,
      • prints Te Deum extra, 247;
    • Evening News suppressed for criticizing Fremont, 219–220;
    • War Bulletin and Missourian suppressed, 214;
    • Christian Advocate threatened with suppression, 215;
    • Metropolitan Record, circulation of, prohibited in Missouri, 319.
  • Price, Sterling, president of convention of 1861, 53, 61;
    • a Confederate general, 61, 117, 191, 234;
    • campaigns of, 201–203, 226, 326–332;
    • driven from Missouri, 203, 240, 244, 330;
    • invades Missouri, 207, 209, 239–240, 327;
    • rumor of intended invasion of, 322–323;
    • in conference with Lyon, 198–201;
    • victorious at Wilson’s Creek, 211;
    • occupies Springfield, 211;
    • defeated at Pea Ridge, 244;
    • recognizes guerrilla Anderson, 325;
    • checked at Fort Davidson, 328;
    • fails to attack Saint Louis and Jefferson City, 329–330;
    • destroys much property, 331–332;
    • failure of his last campaign, 331–332.
  • Prisoners, from Camp Jackson, 97–99,
      • refuse food at Arsenal, 99;
    • paroled, 102;
    • Confederate, 191–196;
    • anecdotes concerning, 189–197;
    • a Baptist preacher a prisoner, 191–194;
    • soldiers get Thanksgiving dinner meant for, 195;
    • secession minister a prisoner, 196;
    • at Boonville, 202.
  • Prisons, military, 188–197;
    • character of, 189;
    • Dr. McDowell’s Medical College used as, 188;
    • slave-pen used as, 193.
  • Pritchard, Colonel, 89.
  • Proclamations, of General Harney, 108, 110, 115;
    • Emancipation, of Lincoln, 149;
    • of General Fremont, 217;
    • of secession, Lieutenant-Governor, 229;
    • of General Thompson, 230;
    • of Governor Jackson, 231;
    • of General Price, 233;
    • of General Halleck, 236, 239;
    • assessing rich rebels, 242,
    • freeing slaves, 241;
    • of Governor Gamble, 228–229;
    • of General Schofield, 284;
    • of Emancipation by Governor Fletcher, 348;
    • of the Revised Constitution, 357;
    • declaring end of the war, 368.
  • Protestants admitted to Spanish Saint Louis only by pass, 9.
  • Provisional Government of Missouri, 228.
  • Pulpit, 120–142;
    • prudentially silent, 120–121;
    • one voice for secession, 121, 135;
    • supported by loyal laymen, 122–126;
    • soldiers in the congregation, 123–124.
  • Quaker conscience, 303.
  • Quantrel, 273, 322;
    • invades Kansas, 284.
  • Quinby, Major-General, 249–250.
  • Quincy, fugitives from panic flee to, 111.
  • Ramsay, Charles G., editor Evening News, imprisoned, 219–220.
  • Rawlings, United States Marshal, seizes munitions of war, 116.
  • “R. C. Wood,” floating hospital, 297.
  • Refugees, 251–267;
    • follow army of Fremont, 226;
    • fed by private charity and army rations, 242,
      • and by enforced assessments, 243–244;
    • anecdotes of, 253–267;
    • classes of, 252–259;
    • ignorance of, 255–260;
    • numbers of, 261;
    • freedmen, 262–267;
    • homes for, 261, 293, 295;
    • white, 300;
    • from Price’s invasion, 332.
  • Republicans, 20;
    • party of, success of, the doom of slavery, 15;
    • appealed to by Carl Schurz, 17;
    • success of, in 1860, 18.
  • Rioting, after the capture of Camp Jackson, 101–102, 106–107;
    • in attack on church, 131–132;
    • in attack on minister, 135;
    • from attack on German troops, 204–205.
  • Robinson, Lieutenant, 64.
  • Rolla, Missouri, Lyon’s army falls back to, 211;
    • guerrillas near, 322;
    • Ewing retreats to, 329;
    • wounded hero at, 307.
  • Rosecrans, General W. S., President of Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, 309, 316;
    • succeeds Schofield, 309;
    • in command of Department of Missouri, 315;
    • ferrets out disloyal plot, 316–323;
    • enlists negro troops, 319;
    • sends away troops, 320;
    • prohibits circulation of Metropolitan Record, checks 319;
    • accused of violation of orders, 321;
    • gets help from General Smith, 327.
  • Sac and Fox Indians, sell land, 7.
  • Saint-Ange, Captain Louis, acting French governor, 1765, 7.
  • Saint Louis, character of people of, in 1860, 1, 3, 4;
    • population in 1860, 1, in 1822, 8;
    • buildings in, 2;
    • dwellings in, 2, 3;
    • early history of, 6–10;
    • site of, on terraces, 2, 7;
    • capital of Upper Louisiana, 6;
    • trading-post in 1764, 6;
    • its defenses in 1764, 7;
    • incorporated as a town, 7;
    • chartered as a city, 8;
    • divided in sentiment, 40.
  • Schofield, General John McAllister, in command in Missouri, 272–275, 282–286, 309, 315;
    • commands militia against guerrillas, 273;
    • commands Army of the Frontier, 282;
    • opposed by Charcoals, 283;
    • threatens newspapers, 284;
    • sustained by Lincoln, 285;
    • his view of the radicals, 286;
    • opposed by Claybanks, 287;
    • drills negro troops, 313.
  • Schools, for negroes, 333–337;
    • no public, for negroes in 1864, 333;
    • legislature provides, 336;
    • private, for negroes, poor quality of, 333–335;
    • examination of teachers for, 334;
    • school board in favor of, for negroes, 336.
  • Schurz, Carl, address of, in Saint Louis, “The Doom of Slavery,” 16–18, 369.
  • Scott, General Winfield, denies supreme command to Lyon, 68, 70.
  • Schuyler, Episcopalian clergyman, Unionist, 121.
  • Search for arms, May 17, 116–117.
  • Secession, urged by cotton states, 23, 24, 33, 49, 57;
    • of South Carolina, 24, 32, 33;
    • of Gulf states, 32, 33, 36;
    • of Georgia, 53, 55;
    • reasons against, 35, 36, 48–60;
    • process of, 40;
    • Missouri saved from, 40–62;
    • results of Missouri’s rejection of, 62;
    • efforts for, 71, 81, 82, 147, 315, 332;
    • preaching against, 127–134;
    • attitude of church and press toward, 142–145;
    • discussion of, 146–148;
    • divisions over, in families, neighborhoods and churches, 146–158;
    • division over in Chamber of Commerce, 153–154;
    • Ordinance of, passed by defunct legislature, 231–232.
  • Secessionists, active, preceding Lincoln’s inauguration, 38;
    • in Missouri, hopeful, 42.
  • Seward, William H., 11.
  • Sheeley, Mr., of Independence, conditional unionist, 51.
  • Shelby, General, invades Missouri, 326;
    • opposes Ewing, 328.
  • Sherman, General W. T., 295;
    • at Camp Jackson, 99–100;
    • receives aid from Western Sanitary Commission, 298;
    • calls for soldiers, 320;
    • troops meant for, sent to Missouri, 327;
    • in Georgia, 338, 340.
  • Simmons, Colonel, 92.
  • Simmonds, Medical Director, turns over the “Ben Franklin,” to Sanitary Commission, 297.
  • Sisters of Charity, in hospital, 288, 302.
  • Slave Mart, the, painting, 156–157.
  • Slave-pens, Lynch’s and Children’s, 182–187.
  • Slavery, its extinction hoped for, 9,
      • feared, 15;
    • discussion of, 11;
    • protected by law in Saint Louis, 9;
    • speech of Carl Schurz on, 16;
    • speech of Giddings on, 27;
    • how to preserve, 48;
    • Fugitive Slave Law, 51, 52, 181;
    • condition of the slaves, 170–181;
    • abolition of, demanded, 277, 345–348;
    • abolition of, by Convention of 1865, 344–345.
  • Slaves, small number of, in Saint Louis, 1, 9;
    • last auction of, 28–31;
    • condition of, 170–181;
    • emancipation of, by Lincoln, 149,
      • by owners, 170–176,
      • by Fremont, 217,
      • by Halleck, 241;
    • attitude of, towards their masters and the war, 178–181.
  • Smarius, Father, 4.
  • Smith, General A. J., defends Saint Louis, 326–327;
    • advances to Pilot Knob, 327;
    • retires behind the Meramec, 328.
  • Smith, Mr., delegate from Saint Louis to Convention of 1861, 54.
  • Snead, Thomas L., aide to Governor Jackson, 199;
    • praises Lyon, 211;
    • slaves of, freed by Fremont, 217.
  • Soldiers’ Home, 300;
    • see “Homes.”
  • Songs, John Brown’s Body, 245;
    • Star-Spangled Banner, 247;
    • Yankee Doodle, 247;
    • Rally Round the Flag, 362;
    • America, 129, 362.
  • Sons of Liberty, The, 317;
    • see “Knights of the Golden Circle.”
  • Spies, in Saint Louis, 237, 238.
  • Springfield, Illinois, shipment of arms to, 76–81;
    • Lincoln at, 162;
    • Lincoln’s burial at, 365.
  • Springfield, Missouri, occupied by Lyon’s troops, 202;
    • occupied by Lyon, 203, 207, 209;
    • by Price and McCulloch, 211.
  • State Guards, 229, 233;
    • in conflict with Home Guards, 240.
  • State Rights Doctrine, absurdity of, shown, 84;
    • humored by Lincoln, 218.
  • Statesmen, distinguished, before the war, 4.
  • Steamboat, first at Saint Louis, 8;
    • four thousand of, in 1860, 9;
    • City of Alton, 77–80;
    • J. C. Swan, 118;
    • City of Louisiana, 297;
    • R. C. Wood, 297.
  • Stephens, Alexander H., vice-president of Confederacy, 59, 197.
  • Stevenson, Colonel, 213.
  • Stewart, R. M., Governor of Missouri, 33;
    • pockets bill expelling free negroes, 14;
    • received coldly commissioner from Alabama, 23.
  • Stoddard, Major, agent of France and United States, 6.
  • Stokes, Captain James H., conveys arms from arsenal, 77–81.
  • Sturgeon, Isaac H., assistant treasurer, calls for troops, 63–65.
  • Sumner, General Edwin V., 124.
  • Tate, Samuel, of South Carolina, views of, on importance of Missouri to Confederacy, 118, 119.
  • Taylor, Daniel G., mayor of Saint Louis, 71.
  • Thanksgiving dinner to unintended diners, 195.
  • Thompson, Brigadier-General, of Missouri State Guards, 229;
    • issues proclamation, 230.
  • Union Chamber of Commerce, formed, 154.
  • Unionists, kinds of, 35, 49–53;
    • unconditional, 35, 36, 51;
    • conditional, 51, 52, 57;
    • Calhoun unionists, 50, 51;
    • condition of, 51, 52, 53;
    • not panic-stricken, 115;
    • numbers of, in 1865, 362;
    • their success in Convention of 1861, 61;
    • parade of on Washington’s birthday, 248–249.
  • United States Sanitary Commission, 297.
  • Vallandigham, Clement L., supreme commander of secret order, 317, 331.
  • Vanbuskirk, Mr., of Holt County, 51.
  • Van Dorn, General Earl, defeated at Pea Ridge, 244.
  • Vicksburg, supplies received at, 298.
  • Volunteer troops, 81, 83;
    • numbers of, increased, 85, 244;
    • preaching to, 301;
    • come to defense of Saint Louis, 327.
  • Webster, Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home at, 314.
  • Welsh, “Father,” Baptist minister, forced to solicit pass, 216.
  • Western Sanitary Commission, 254, 288–308;
    • helps refugees, 261;
    • authorized to fit up hospitals, 288–289;
    • composition of, 289;
    • opens, City General Hospital, 290,
      • home for soldiers, 292,
      • home for refugees, 293;
    • sustained by generals and Secretary of War, 295;
    • donations to, 295–296, 299, 314;
    • visits Cairo and Paducah, 296;
    • coöperates with United States Sanitary Commission, 297–298;
    • sends aid to Generals McClellan and Sherman, and to prisoners at Andersonville, 298;
    • aids freedmen on the lower Mississippi, 298;
    • great demands on, 309;
    • holds Fair, 309;
    • establishes Orphans’ Home, 314.
  • Wide-Awakes, The, a Republican political club, 19, 20;
    • arms for, sent as plaster casts, 21–22;
    • become Home Guards, 69, 71, 72;
    • armed, 81;
    • see also “Home Guards.”
  • Wilson’s Creek, battle of, 160, 212, 213, 288;
    • General Lyon killed at, 211.
  • Witzig, Julius J., member of Committee of Safety, 92.
  • Wood, R. C., Assistant Surgeon General, commands flying hospital, 297.
  • Yancey, William L., of Alabama, 59;
    • a Calhoun Unionist, 51.
  • Yankees, 99;
    • denounced, 161–162.
  • Yates, Governor Richard, of Illinois, makes requisition for arms in arsenal, 76;
    • summons Stokes to secure the arms, 77.
  • Yeatman, James E., President of Western Sanitary Commission, 254, 289, 290;
    • his great work, 288–299;
    • description of, 289;
    • agent for Miss Dorothea L. Dix, 294;
    • takes aid to Vicksburg, 298, 299.
  • Zagonyi, 221;
    • heroism of a soldier of, 307–308.