Massacre at St. Louis: The Road to the Camp Jackson Affair and Civil War

by Kenneth E. Burchett

In 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon marched through the divided slave state Missouri en route to St. Louis. Lyon was to arrest a state militia unit at Camp Jackson that planned to raid a federal arsenal in the city. Upon capturing the men, Lyon's troops encountered crowds of hostile citizens and, after a gun shot, they fired on the mob, killing at least 28 civilians in what is now known as the Camp Jackson affair, or the St. Louis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476694656
• ISBN13: 9781476694658
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 120 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"