- The prewar Missouri Militia was
neither Union nor Confederate, but were considered pro-Confederate by
the Union authorities.
- Camp Jackson was located in the
City of St. Louis. The prewar Militia was encamped there in May
1861 pursuant to order of Gov. C.F. Jackson. The Militia camped
there consisted of about 2 regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry,
and a battery.
- On May 10, Gen. Nathaniel Lyon and his Union
troops, in large numbers, surrounded the encampment and forced its
surrender. Enroute to the St. Louis Armory, where the prisoners
were to be held, a riot broke out and some 30 civilians were killed and
perhaps 80 or more wounded. This was called the "Camp Jackson
Massacre" by the Southern press.
- Many of the men of Camp
Jackson were later enrolled in the Confederate Army. Actually,
following Camp Jackson the Missouri legislature passed an act that
created the Missouri State Guard, which was most definitely
pro-Confederate, and which fought the Federals at Wilson's Creek,
Carthage, Fredericktown, Lexington, Pea Ridge, etc. After the
Missouri State Guard disbanded most of its members went into the
Confederate Army.
- Look at the link below to see that a P. C.
Bromly was taken prisoner in this battle.
- BATTLE
OF WET GLAIZE AND LINN CREEK October 1861
