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work of the highest philanthropy, such men had learned to respect
the sincerity of each others's adverse convictions, and had become
the exact exemplars of the many shades of honest, patriotic Unionism
so clearly described in 1863 by President Lincoln in his letter to
a delegation of partizans who had not learned that principle of
charity which seems to have been born in the great martyr of
freedom.

Would that I could do fitting honor to the names of those patriots,
nearly all of whom have gone to their rest, including Dr. Elliot,
President of Washington University. James E. Yeatman, President
of the Sanitary Commission, still lives to honor his country and
the great cause of humanity of which he was the faithful and
efficient servant. I did not meet Hamilton R. Gamble until after
he had become governor. I shall have occasion to say more of him
later. He was the foremost champion of the Union cause in Missouri,
and the most abused by those who were the loudest in their professions
of loyalty. Of the younger generation, I will mention only one,
whose good deeds would otherwise never be known. While himself
absent in the public service, wherein he was most efficient, he
made me occupy his delightful residence near Lafayette Park, and
consume all the products of his excellent garden. We knew each
other then only as fellow-workers in the Union cause, but have been
the most devoted friends from that day to this. The name of that
dear friend of mine is Charles Gibson. Among the earliest and most
active leaders in the Union cause in Missouri, I must not fail to
mention the foremost--Frank P. Blair, Jr. His patriotism and
courage were like a calcium light at the head of the Union column
in the dark days and nights of the spring of 1861.

[( 1) Much of my time in St. Louis during the winter preceding the
Civil War was spent in revising this work, preparing illustrations,
and getting it ready for the press. Then it was packed up in a
box and carefully stored away in the St. Louis Arsenal, to abide
the results of war.]

CHAPTER III.
Return to Duty--General Harney's Attitude--Nathaniel Lyon in Command
--Defense of the St. Louis Arsenal--Service as Mustering Officer--
Major of the First Missouri--Surrender of Camp Jackson--Adjutant-
general on Lyon's Staff--A Missing Letter from Fremont to Lyon--
Lyon's Reply--Battle of Wilson's Creek--Death of Lyon--A Question
of Command During the Retreat--Origin of the Oppo