Event: Camp Jackson surrendered Category: Politics and Government Brief Description: Colonel Nathaniel Lyon and the pro-Union Home Guard marched on Camp Jackson where pro-Confederacy forces were encamped. Colonel Lyon demanded that General Frost surrender the camp and Frost, surrounded, agreed. Large crowds of Southern sympathizers gathered to watch. Someone in the crowd fired on the Home Guard, which fired back. 28 soldiers and civilians were killed. Year: 1861 Decade: 1860 - 1869 Beginning Date: May. 10, 1861 Ending Date: May. 10, 1861 |
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