Newark post., 1911-05-24
'lGHIlNG FOR THE BORDER
STATES.

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norh was the victor. Had the result
BEEN different there nigh, have been |
another outcome to the war. The
story OF the holding of Missouri. Ken
tncky and Mary and and OF the cutting
OH of West Virginia is of thri.ling in.
terest. While there was little blood
shsd in the process, there was general
ship OF high order The retention OF |
each o. these states was worth the |
winning OF many battles.
In point Of time and perhaps in
strategic importance Maryland came
first. The Baltimore riots occurred on
April I9. Portions Of the Sixth Mas
sachusetts IN passing through the city
were attacked ty a mob, severa, SOL
d1ers being hurt and some XII led. The
troops fired back, wounding anG kill
ing many. The police finally restored
semblance of order, and the soldiers
proceeaed, lhe massacre, as it was
called, had a sti further effecr in in
fam ng the north. Its influence on
| Mary and was equally great. Other
urrlslngs occurred in outside towns,
an dit looked for time that the state
would be swept into the rebellion and
the city OF Washington would be MA
rooned in hostile territory. Delega-
..ons from Baltimore visited the capl-
tai with demands that no more soldiers
pass through Baltimore Some of the
more timid Mary anders petitioned
chat soldiers should not across the
State at all, which caused Lincoln to
say rather quantity that as they could
nor fly over or go under the state they
would have to cross it. The famous
Sevln;h New York spent days of ardu-
Gus labor in rebuilding the railr DAD
from Annapolis and finally reached
Washington, marching up Pennsyl-
| Vania avenue in fine form, to the pr,-
digious cheering of the citizens.
| Henceforth this route was used with
out further difficulty. Soon afterward
General Butler took charge in Ba!ti-
more, and the uprising in favor of the
south subsided.
LYON AND MCCLELLAN
| In Missouri The governor and many
o. the state officials were on the side
of the south and were active in the
efforts to rake he state out Of the
Union. They were Dictated only by
the activity of league headed by
Frank P. Blair and Captain Nathaniel
Lyon. Governor Jackson established
camp in St. Louis named in homer OF
himself 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 engagements,
! only to lose his own lie in the battle
of Wilson'S Creek on August 10. 1t
was a costly sacrifice, Lyon being one
) OF the most promising officers devel-
oped in the early part of the war, Du;,
it kept Missouri in the Union. and
this fact Was unquestionab'y inAuen-
tal IL noiding Kentucky.
t The winning OF West Virginia
I brought General George B. Mcclellan
: to the front. Mcclellan joined the
I army in Ohio and was sent across the
v Ohio river with several regiments early
] in the wear. The VirginIans west OF
: the Allegheny mountains had neve'
been in close political sympathy with
e those OF the eastern part o. the state
e and voted almost solid!y against Sc
e cession. Under the protection OF ths
:. Union troops a convention was called
d and on June Ie its members practlcet
t a lite secession on their own hook
a formally separating from the remain
d der OF the State on June 70. The mex
: day governor was elected, and
d month later a new state was erected
e which was admitted in 1903 Mean
e while Mcclellan and his generals ha'
o won a succession OF victories IN tn
e vicinity OF Grafton ard had driven th'
& opposing troops out OF the new State
McCle Ian was not the only oiilce
afterward conspicuous who participat
ed in the fighting OF 1901. CcIont
Robert Z. Lee, his great opponen,
n while opposing secession, went out wit
il his state and resigned from the Unite
d States army in April, soon afterwar
ID being placed at the head OF the Vlr
n ei1lia troops. StopewalI" Jackso
le also made his frsr appearance in 1901
g as did General Sherman. Grant ais
r. won his first bait c. though late IN tn
le year.
g THE DEATH OF ELLSWORTH.
~ An event that served 10 arouse tn
: north almost as much as did the hrln
- on Sumter or the Baltimore rot wa
~ The assassination CT Colonel T.. Elfne
~ ~ Ellsworth on May "a Ellsworth wa
80 the colonel OF the famous zouaVes
,e cruited rom the New YORK frerisi
:. When ordered to A Alexandria his hr:
act was to remove with his own haho
=, Confederate flag floating from
,a hotel that had long been an of'ense
!, ~ Washington since on clear days it wa
=; in sighr of the capital. While descen(
Ta ing with the flag wrapped about n
body Ellsworth was shot by the pr'
- nrietor OF the house.
h. he The first actual battle OF the war war u
nc tween organized troops was that
III be Rethel. Va. fought on June !
:. Pn1 Run came only eleven days late
y; Vo,,,mes have been written to exp! a.
10 ~ o'In n,,tcome OF this battle. In the ligl
:. :. Of ~ subsequent Investigations it DO
~, nv no, 40 appear the rout at first reporte
cy - = was we'll planned action and, col