The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-11
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nicI Price was made president OF the
convention, which declared for the
union.
Prices loyalty, however, was not
robust, as was shown when the cap.
ture OF Camp Jackson sent him into
the ranks OF the secessionists. On
the evening of May 10 jackson rushed
into the lower branch OF the legisla.
ture and handed telegram from st.
Louis to George G. Vest, member Of
that chamber, afterwards a United
states senator. who mounted a chair
and read that Camp jackson had lust
been taken by Frank Blair, Captain
Lyon and the Dutch" and thar Cen
eral Frost and all the rest OF Jack.
sons militia had been marched ia the
United States arsenal as prisoners.
wild excitement was aroused. the
militia bill was rushed through the
legislature and the state was divided
into sections under q brigadier gener.
al to be appointed by the governor.
Each OF the eight congressional dis.
tricts was made a military division.
The man who was to become most
prominent OF these commanders Of
military divisions was JEFF Thompson.
the guerilla leader of the aftertime.
Sterling Price, made major general.
was to command all the state troops.
IN addition to the military bill,
measure was. at Jackson's earnest
solicitation. pushed through the legis-
lature to appropriate $4,000 to get
an alliance with the Indians in the
Indian territory. Thus was the seces.
sionist governor and legislature STAN
peded by Lyons bold move at Camp
jackson.
Removal Of Harvey.
These were some of the events
which interviewed between the fall OF
Camp Jackson and Lyons entrance in
to Jefferson City on July Is. at the
heels OF the fleeing Jackson, Price and
the secession contingent. But in these
few weeks the unionists were i'm
peded by the patriotic, courageous,
but entirely too innocent and amiable
General Harvey, who, after having
once been removed, was reinstated in
command of the military district OF
Missouri. Harvey and Price had ar
ranged sort of truce, under which
union and confederate troops were to
be kept out OF the state for the time
and no military demonstrations were
to be made in it, but Harvey was de-
luded by Price and Jackson. While
the pact tied the hands OF the union
lists. 1t gave the rebel sympathizers an
opportunity to organize and prepare
for the fight against the United States
government, which they probably had
plotted all along.
Lyon and Blair informed Lincoln,
General Scott and Secretary OF War
Cameron of the one.sided Harvey
Price compact and at last the admin
istration moved to put the unionists
In control. Lyon wac appointed brig
adler general, to rank from May Is,
eight days after his capture of Jack
sons secessionist troops at the camp
In st. Louis, and an order was
issued to relieve Harvey from the COM
mand of the department But the or
der was not to be put in force until,
in the Judgment OF Blair. 1t should
become absolutely necessary. In let
ter to Blair. referring to Harvey, who
had been many years in the army, and
who had been a good soldier, Lincoln,
carrying out his bcrder-state policy,
showed his usual caution: I'VE had
better have him (Harney) for friend