” 10—Gen. Lyon, (Union,) with about 5,000 men, attacked Gen. McCullough, (Confederate,) with over 10,000. Gen. Lyon killed. Federal losses in killed, wounded, and missing, 1,211; Southern losses over 1,600. Union forces retreated to Springfield. McCullough too much shattered to follow.
” 12—President Lincoln proclaimed Sept. 30, a Fast Day.
” 14—Gen. Fremont declared martial law in St. Louis.
” 15—President Davis ordered all northern men to leave the South in 40 days.
” 16—President Lincoln forbids commercial intercourse with the South.
” 23—Cherokee Indians take part with the South.
” 28—Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, N. C., by Gen. Butler and Com. Stringham.
” 31—Gen. Fremont proclaims freedom of slaves and confiscates property of disunionists in Missouri. President Lincoln countermands it.
Sept. 1—Southerners defeated at Boonville, Va., and town destroyed.