Price, Sterling (1809-1867) [Confederate/Union prisoner of war cartel for exchange of prisoners]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00703 Author/Creator: Price, Sterling (1809-1867) Place Written: Neosho, Missouri Type: Document signed Date: 26 October 1861 Pagination: 9 p. ; 32 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Details exchange terms agreed upon by Quin Morton, who signed for Union General John C. Fremont, and Confederate General Sterling Price, who commanded the Missouri State Guard. Includes Confederate prisoners captured at Camp Jackson, Missouri on 10 May 1861 and Union soldiers captured since then. The Confederate commander of Camp Jackson was General Daniel [written as David in document] M. Frost whose name is first on the cartel along with another Confederate general, John Bowen, who died during the Vicksburg campaign. The cartel lists terms and name and rank of exchanged prisoners of war including for whom they were exchanged for. Tied with faded red ribbon. While Congressman Frank P. Blair, Jr. organized the pro-Union forces in Missouri in 1861, pro-secession Governor Claiborne F. Jackson made every effort to turn the state over to the Confederacy. Jackson and Brig. General David M. Frost created a plan to seize the Federal arsenal in St. Louis. Frost was driven away by Captain Nathaniel Lyon and Blair so he created a camp on the outskirts of St. Louis called Camp Jackson. Lyon then decided to attack Camp Jackson, capturing Frost and hundreds of prisoners. A crowd had gathered to watch. Onlookers included future Union Generals William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant. As the prisoners were marched out, the hostile crowd pelted the Federal volunteers. The regiment was ordered to open fire and 28 people in the crowd were killed. As a result of this event and the St. Louis riot the next day, the General Assembly of Missouri enacted a law to organize the Missouri State Guard, and conferred power on, the governor. It also caused ex-governor Sterling Price to turn from the Union to the Confederacy. He was appointed Major General of the Missouri State Guard and later became a Confederate general.
While Congressman Frank P. Blair, Jr. organized the pro-Union forces in Missouri in 1861, pro-secession Governor Claiborne F. Jackson made every effort to turn the state over to the Confederacy. Jackson and Brig. General David M. Frost created a plan to seize the Federal arsenal in St. Louis. Frost was driven away by Captain Nathaniel Lyon and Blair so he created a camp on the outskirts of St. Louis called Camp Jackson. Lyon then decided to attack Camp Jackson, capturing Frost and hundreds of prisoners. A crowd had gathered to watch which included future Union Generals William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant. As the prisoners were marched out, the hostile crowd who sympathized with the prisoners pelted the Federal volunteers. The regiment was ordered to open fire and 28 people in the crowd were killed. As a result of this event and the St. Louis riot the next day, the General Assembly of Missouri enacted a law to organize the Missouri State Guard, and conferred power upon C. F. Jackson, the governor. It also caused ex-governor Sterling Price to turn from the Union to the Confederacy. He was appointed Major General of the Missouri State Guard and later became a Confederate general.
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