Identifier: battlesbiographi00webb (find matches)
Title: Battles and biographies of Missourians, or, The Civil War period of our state
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Webb, W. L. (William Larkin), b. 1856
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Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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his great opponent seems tohave been equally neglected by the ConfederateGovernment True, Price was not fighting for the(Jonfederacy directly, but he was fighting its ene-mies and should have had its support. Mulligan did everything possible to save hiscommand except to fly across the river in boatsmoored at the wharf. He constructed around theMasonic College a redan of great strength, withembrasures,parapets, and a banquette f< r barbetteguns. The works were greatly strengthened dur-ing the five days of Prices preparation. These five days were enough for the utter anni-hilation of Price by the Federals. But Price wastaking no unwarranted risk. He knew the peopleof Missouri as no other man knew them. He hadpersonal and well-known friends in every hamletand township and neighborhood. He expecteitthese to rally to his standard. Fremont had issuedhis famous proclamation on August 30th, whichwas so radical that President Lincoln modifiedit by annulling two of its extremest provisions,
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CAMPAIGN OF THE MISSOURI STATE GUARDS. 97 namel3% the one emancipating the shives of Mis-souri and the one confiscating private propert)^,real and personal. Another provision of the proc-lamation established martial law over a large partof the State. Price rightly guessed that this in-considerate and rigorous proclamation would sendrecruits to his camp, and everywhere benefit thecause for which he was fighting. The situation was dramatic and heroic. Mul-ligan, with his riiicago Irish, and Peabody, withhis Missouri militia, waited gallantly for destruc-tion, which was obviously upon them. Mulligansmen had seen much skirmishing since their occu-pation of Lexington a few weeks before the siege.Colonel Eoute, of Liberty, led a thousand unorgan-ized men from Clay and Jackson counties againstMulligan. These camped at the fair grounds, butthey came away after causing Mulligan some un-easiness, perhaps all they expected to accomplish. Capt. Shelby, restless, enterprising, had arrivedfrom Spri

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