Posted on 10/01/2021 4:53:50 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Sept. 29 -- Midnight.
Munson's Hill is in possession of a portion of Gen. RICHARDSON'S Brigade. Here the rebels had made the most formidable of any of their preparations to resist an attack. When they first took possession of the hill, they threw up a line of breastworks which really looked as if they were hard to be taken. Before these works the rebels mounted one piece, of which our engineers took a careful survey, and reported it to be a 44-pounder. Upon a close inspection, to-day, this 44-pounder proved to be a log of white oak, duly mounted on other logs. The log was not painted or dressed, but on the end was painted a large black spot, the exact size of the bore of a 44-pounder gun. The rebels had also imitated the trick played upon them by our troops some time since -- of mounting a piece of large stove-pipe on works, and setting it for a Parrott gun. This same imitation has been heretofore supposed to be one of the 10-pounder Parrotts which we lost at Bull Run.
'None of the earthworks which the rebels had evacuated were really entitled to be called fortifications. They were nothing but breast-high embankments, with the ditch, Pillow-fashion, on the inside. They were so constructed, doubtless, to save labor, as the men could stand in the ditch excavated and be protected, without the necessity of raising a high hank in front. Upon none of the works were there any evidences that guns of position had been mounted.
There were traces of wheels evidently made by eight batteries, but nothing like preparations for mounting siege guns. In the deserted camps, the men found the usual debris of a hastily evacuated place.
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The Great Rebellion: The Withdrawal of the Rebels from before Washington – 2-4
The Rebellion in Missouri – 4
Important from Mississippi: The National Batteries at Chandler Island – 4
The Seat of War in Kentucky – 5-6
Editorial: Fremont in the Field-The Coming Fight – 7
Editorial: The Armies Before Washington – 7-8
Missouri Out of the Union – 8
Editorial: The Law of Prizes and the Law of Treason – 8
Missouri's Democrat Governor Jackson and a rump state legislature have declared themselves seceded, the Confederate Congress will admit Missouri as its 12th state.
On March 19, 1861 Missouri's elected state convention voted 98-2 against secession.
There was never a second vote for secession and the number of Missourians who served the Union Army outnumbered Confederates by nearly three-to-one.
As of "today" Missouri has seen (by my count) 17 engagements, of which the Union won 8, Confederates won 8 with one inconclusive.
These have resulted in nearly 6,700 total casualties, including over 800 killed.
Confederate victories have included the two major battles at Wilson's Creek and Lexington, MO.
As of October 1, 1861:
Missouri 1861 Engagements
| Date | Engagement | Military Units | Losses | Victor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | St. Louis Riots, MO | Union forces vs secessionist crowd | 4 Union soldiers killed, 3 prisoners, 28 civilians killed | USA |
| June 17 | Boonville, MO | Union Western Dept (Lyon) -1,700 vs. MO State Guard (Marmaduke) ~1,500 | Union: 12-total (5-killed); MO Guard 22-total (5-killed) | USA |
| June 18 | Camp Cole, MO | Union Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate State Guards (~350) | Union: 120-total (35 killed, 60 wounded 25 captured); CSA: 32-total ( 7-K, 25-W) | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| July 5 | Carthage, MO | Union Department of the West (Sigel) -- 1,000 vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (Jackson) -- 4,000 | Union: 44-total; CSA 200-total | CSA |
| July 5 | Neosho, MO | Union 3rd Missouri vs. Confederate cavalry | Union: 137-total; CSA zero total | CSA |
| July 22 | Forsyth, MO | Union Department of the West vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard | Union: 3-total ;Confederates: 15-total | USA |
| Aug 2 | Dug Springs, MO (leadup to Wilson's Creek) | Union Department of the West (~6,000) vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (~12,000) | Union: 38-total (8 killed ); Confederates:84-total (40 killed) | USA |
| Aug 3 | Curran Post Office, MO (leadup to Wilson's Creek) | Union Department of the West (~6,000) vs. Confederate 1st Arkansas Rifles | Unknown | inconclusive |
| Aug 5 | Athens, MO | Union 21st MO Infantry, Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (~2,000 + 3-cannons) | Union 23-total (3-killed); Confederate 31-total | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Aug 10 | Wilson's Creek, MO | Union Dept of the West (Lyon -5,430)vs. Confederate MO State Guard, Dept 2 (Price -12,120) | Union 1,317-total (285-killed incl Gen. Lyon); Confederates 1.232-total (277-killed) | CSA |
| Aug 10 | Potosi, MO | Union Home Guard (~75 troops) vs. Confederate cavalry (~120 troops) | Union 5-total (1-killed); Confederates 5-total (2-killed) | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Aug 17 | Palmyra, MO | Union 16th Illinois (entrained) vs. Confederate guerillas | Union 2-total (1-killed); Confederates 5-killed | USA |
| Aug 29 | Morse's Mills near Lexington, MO | Union MO Home Guards vs. Confederate cavalry | Union unknown; Confederates unknown | CSA |
| Sep 2 | Dry Wood Creek, MO | Union Dept of the West (Lane ~1,200) vs. Confederate MO State Guard (Price ~12,000) | Union 25-total (2 killed); Confederates 14-total (5 killed) | CSA |
| Sep 17 | Blue Mills Landing, MO | Union 3rd Iowa & MO Home Guard (Scott ~800) & Confederate 4th Div Missouri Militia (Atchison ~3,500) | Union 99 (19-killed); Confederates 21-total (3-killed) | CSA |
| Sep 13-20 | Lexington, MO, 1st battle, aka: "Battle of the Hemp Bales" | Union Illinois 23rd Irish Brigade + 27 & 13th MO Infantry (Mulligan ~3,500) & Confederate Missouri Militia (Price ~15,000) | Union 3,000 surrendered (36-killed); Confederates 150-total (~30-killed) | CSA (Union surrender) |
| Sep 26 | Hunter's Farm, MO | Union Dep of the West (Steward under Grant ~200 & Confederate MO State Guard (under Thompson ~40) | Union none; Confederates 10-total (10-killed) | USA |
Some of our most clever pro-Confederates here have argued the legalities of secession & treason, or non-treason.
In this piece our editors take on the issue while reporting on NY judges rulings on captured blockade-running ships.
But on the larger issue of treason, or not, they "now" say:
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