St. Louis in the Civil War, Missouri (Images of America Series)

by Dawn Dupler, Cher Petrovic

Overview

On May 10, 1861, Union troops surrounded Camp Jackson, a military encampment where Confederate leaders were accused of conspiring to seize the St. Louis Arsenal, the largest store of munitions west of the Mississippi. The state militia, which numbered more than 600 men, answered the call of Missouri’s pro-Southern governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to assemble but found themselves outnumbered 10 to 1 and were forced to surrender. As federal forces marched them through St. Louis, an angry crowd gathered. Gunfire crackled, leaving more than 24 people dead. St. Louis epitomized the growing tensions between the North and South. The city’s strategic position enabled James Eads’s shipyards to build ironclads, Jefferson Barracks to muster troops, and Gratiot Street Prison to hold POWs. The list of notables with ties to St. Louis reads like a who’s who of the Civil War: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, William T. Sherman, Nathaniel Lyon, James Longstreet, George Pickett, and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467111263
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/17/2014
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	620,659
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dawn Dupler is an award-winning author whose work has appeared in national publications. She holds an MFA in writing and a BS in chemical engineering and works as an adjunct professor at St. Louis Community College. Cher Petrovic is a photographer for national publications and is involved with Civil War reenactments. She teaches at St. Louis Community College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 St. Louis Before the War: Growing Tensions 9

2 The St. Louis Arsenal: The Prize 19

3 Camp Jackson: A Mob Action 27

4 Jefferson Barracks: Supplying the West 41

5 Generals and Citizen Soldiers: The Work of War 51

6 Ulysses S. Grant: White Haven 77

7 The Gunboats: Winning the Rivers 85

8 Hospitals and Prisons: St. Louis Responds 95

9 Fort Davidson: Saving St. Louis 107

10 St. Louis Cemeteries: The Buried, the Legacy 113

Bibliography 127