The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-08
TALES OF THE LATE WAR
RE-. LEE CAMP ENJOYS the MS
TORY or SECESSION.
How the Patriots Of Missouri Responded
to the Csn when They Saw the south
in Dapser--one who was There.


body Of gallant men, which has greatly
added 10 the attractions Of those gather
inrs. After the usual amount Of routine
business has been disposed Of brief
napcr is read by one OF the comrades,
Giving a description OF some interesting
Incidents Of the late war in which he
himself took an active part In that man.
rcr the old Confederate soldiers are en-
ahlod TO touch up the memory OF the
rsst and 10 glory once more in the heroic
deeds OF the brave defenders OF southern
homes and southern rights.
The Times proposes 10 publish series
of the most interesting papers read on
these occasions. and IL gives to-day brief
description Of some OF the episodes In
Missouri in 1851. as they happened, accord
ing to The statement OF Comrade John NJ.
Warrcn
Commander and Comrades: 1t IS my
purpose az this time 10 give you short
detailed account Of the Missourians re-
sponse to arms. Just after the lombard
ment Of Fort Sumter, which i think oc-
CURED on the 10th OF April, Governor
Jackson issued his proclamation SaiiiiN
for six months men. 20 be used as MIS-
.,,,,5 sfofa Guard troops ! think the
am was made about the 81 OF May, lool-
VAS In ST Louis at the time. ana, nav
,~, been discharged from the United
s.,tos volunteer service about a year
previous thaving served with General
Albert Sidney Johnson on his Utah eN-
pediuon. 1 was among the first VINO en-
listed. joining Captain kadfofds battery
on the SIN day Of May.
a camp of instruction In the western
norton of the city had been established
known as Camp Jackson. 10 when point
recruits were Immediately transferred AZ
Ter enlistment. My battery. which con-
sisted Of six-pOund piece with ten
rounds OF ammunition ana Sixty men,
entered Camp Jackson on the evening Oh
the Sth / will also state that we eA-
pected three other pieces OF artillery 10
he attached 10 our battery during the
following week. The camp was under the
direction of General -. NJ. Frost ana
ON the following day. the gth OF May
we received quite a number OF recruits
SD that on the morning of the 10th our
Camp probably mustered zoo men, Dut
mot one-haif of them were armed. cap
rain Nathaniel Lyons, of the United
states army. was i'm command at Jeier-
SON barracks which Us twelve miles De
low st. Louis. with four thousand resu-
l.r4. President LincOln's call for troops
had been responded 20 right lDeraily,
probably numbering three thousand more
g.lo had drawn rifles from jefferson bar
r..ks and about noon on the 10th Word
came TO us that ten thousand men were
coming out to capture us, ana sure
cough. about o'clock, they were CLOS
Inc in ON as from all sides, and there
ras nothing left for us TO do but sur
rrler. not q gun having been fired mp
,0 this time. What arms we had We're
licked and We were marched IN double
lie outside Of the enclosure into the foan
sud halted. For some reason that 1 am
r.t able 10 explain we Were kept stand
ing there for about an hour. OF course
we were not In the best OF humor, ana
SON can Judge of the tenor of the con-
tersauon between a captor and captive
which eliminated finally in two cOmpa-
MES Of the Home Guard firing into our
tanks. which killed and wounded thirty
rrht people. and II 10 had not been Tor
the regulars / suppose they would have
murdered all of us right there.
our arms having AN been left in our
camp. we could do nothing but stand and
take It After quiet had been restored we
we're marched through the heart Of
rhe city. about sis miles down the river, 20
fhe arsenal and an of us placed in one
building. The day was very warm ana
Pie roads dusty, and we were MI nearly
famished for water. All the pleading we
could do would only bring Jeers In re-
snonse. Early the next morning Captain
LYONS became aware that we had not
been provided with water, and ne fghted
matters i'm that direction AT once.
About noon of the same day several
officers OF the regular army came into our
building and made speeches 20 us, offer
ing that II we would take am oath not 20
take uD arms again against the United
States Government that we would Doe re-
leased We thought and talked the mat
Ter over among ourselves until about 4
o'clock that afternoon, and then came TO
the conclusion that we would take 30 and
get out ~ that building. We had gotten
over being dry. huL had become awfuly
hungry Every man took the oath with
the exception of Captain Emmett Me
Donald who remained boo prison about
year before being released a steamboat
WAS sent down for us about dark. and
we were taken up to the wharf ana re-
leased
Comrados 30 is impossible for me To
describe the condition of affairs in ST.
Louis at that time. ! Will simply say that
everything was boo ana uurOar. i went
straight go my home. tool, off my Camp
Jackson Uniform put ON my citizens suit.
went back ON the street and was soon
with "a number Of Camp Jackson boys
acain. We'll there was too many things
that occurred during Tho following five or
s.K DAYS and nights for me 10 attempt %
describe them 10 you.
lu civil life L. of course. consider nay
oath as absolutely binding, bat IN our late
unpIeasantncss / think 30 put ana entirely
different meaning 20 it. 4 was unfortunate
enough 10 have 90 take that oath num-
ber Of times before the war ended.
During the following week the state
Guard troops were AN centerng at the
capital of the State under General Sterling
Price and great many of the Camp
Jackson boys bid farewell 90 ST. Louis.
not u return again for four long wears.
and SIC again placed ourselves in the
ranks Of the cause We believed 20 he right
1ou must know that although Mis-
souri, was in reality "a slave State stil
lcr population was very largely anti
southern birth. and while she was largely
Democratic aga politics the muster rolls
90 tho Federal army show that we were
nof united people
Our army was made mp chiefly from
tNe agricultural districts. and during the
Silfc Guard service we probably num-
bored forty thousand MissOurians. but
after the expiration of that enlistment.
rlars one-third of them returned 10
lIeir homes.
Ine situation OF our State. being bounded
nl The west boy Kansas on the north by
Iowa. on the east boy Illinois made 81 "a
iery difficult matter with our small force
ODD hold even "a small portion OF our state
from The enemy. however. our army was
not driven entirely from the State until
.te spring of is63.
Comrades while / love 10 listen 20 tho