Chapter 3

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 Frémont to Lyon--Lyon's Reply--Battle of Wilson's Creek--Death of Lyon--A Question of Command During the Retreat--Origin of the Opposition of the Blairs to Frémont--Affair at Fredericktown.