The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-27
LYON AND MCCLELLAN.


In Missouri the governor and many
0, the state officials were on the side
IF the south and were active in the
efforts to rake he state out OF the
Union. They were del ated only by
the activity OF a league headed by
Frank P. Blair and Captain Nathaniel
Lyon Governor Jackson established
a camp in St Louis named in homer OF
hlmse On May 10 Captain Lyon
descended on Camp Jackson and cap
| tured it without bloodshed. He then
followed Jackson and General Price,
defeating them in several engagcmt
OF Wilson's Creek on August 10. 1t
was a costly sacrifice, Lyon being one
Of the most promising officers deve.-
oped in the early part OF tire war. Duc
it kept Missouri in the Union. and
t,is irct Vas unquestionably inlucn-
tia II uoidng Kentucky.
The winning OF West Virginia
brought General George B. Mcclellan
to the front. Mcclellan joined the
army in Ohio and was sent across the
Ohio river with several regiments early
in the year The Virginlans west of
the Allegheny mountains had never
been in c'Ose political sympathy with
those of the eastern part Oh the state
and voted almost soidy against Sc
cession. Under the protection of the
Union troops a convention was called
and on June 70 its members practiced
lite secession on their own hook,
formally separating from the remain
der OF the Star on June 10. The next
day a governor was elected and a
month later new state was erected,
which was admitted in 1868 Mean
while McC,el and his generals had
won a succession oi victories in the
vicinity OF Grafton and had driver the
opposing troops out 81 the new State
McCIe Ian was not the only officer
at'erwari conspicuous who participat-
ed i'll the fighting Of 1861 Colonel
Robert f. Lee. his great opponent,
while opposing secession, went out with
his state and resigned from the United
States army in April, soon aiterward
being placed at the head OF the Vlr
ginia troops. 'Stonewali" Jackson
also made his frs" appearance in 1861,
As lid General Sherman Grant also
won hi, first bate. though late in the
year.
THE DEATH OF ELLSWORTH
An event that served TO arouse the
north almost a, much as did the firing
on Sumter or the Baltimore riot was
the assassination Of Colonel +. Elmer
Ellsworth on May "a Ellsworth was
the colonel Of the famous zouaves re-
cruted from the New York hremen
When ordered to Alexandria his first
act was to remove with his own hands
a Confederate flag floating from
hotel that had long been All offense to
Washington, since on clear days it was
i'll sighr Of the capital While descend
ing with the flag wrapped about his
body Ellsworth was shot by the pro-
prietor Of the house.
The first actual bat!e OF the war be
tween organized troops was that at
Big Bethel, Va. fought on June 10.
Bul Run came only eleven days larer.
Volumes have been written to explain
the outcome OF this battle In the light
Of subsequent Investigations it does
not appear the rout at first reported.
1t was a well planned action and, con-
sidering the unseasoned condition OF
the troops was we'll fought In the
forenoon the Union men had all the
best Of the fighting, but the arrival Of
JDhnstons fresh troops from Winches