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The movement Of troops now immediately 

 commenced. On the 13th the steamer latan 

 left St. Louis with the second battalion of the 

 First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, one sec- 

 tion of Totten's Light Artillery, and two com- 

 panies of regulars, and the,steamer J. 0. Swan, 

 with the first battalion of the First Regiment, 

 under Col. Blair, and another section of Tot- 

 ten's battery, and a detachment of pioneers, and 

 General Lyon and staff, numbering fifteen hun- 

 dred men, for Jefferson City. Horses, wagons, 

 and all necessary camp equipage, ammunition, 

 and provisions for a long march, accompanied 

 the expedition. 



On the 15th they arrived at Jefferson City. 

 Five companies of Missouri Volunteers, under 

 Lieut.-Col. Andrews, and a company of regular 

 artillery under Captain Totten, all under Gen. 

 Lyon, disembarked and occupied the city. Gov. 

 Jackson and the officers of the State Govern- 

 ment, and many citizens, had left on the 13th. 



A company of regulars, under Major Conant, 

 thoroughly searched the country for contraband 

 articles, and found some wheels and other parts 

 of artillery carriages. No violence was offered, 

 but. on the contrary, the boats containing the 

 Federal troops were received with cheers by a 

 large concourse of the citizens. 



On the next day Gen. Lyon left for Booneville. 

 Previously, however, he placed Colonel Henry 

 Boernstein, of the Second Missouri Volunteers, 

 in command, and, on the next day, the 17th of 

 June, he issued a proclamation declaring that he 

 acted in the absence of the regular State author- 

 ities, who had fled, to prevent anarchy and 

 lawlessness. The proclamation was as follows : 



HEAD-QUARTBBS CAPITAL, > 

 JEFFERSON CITV, June 17. \ 



To the Citizens of Cole County and the adjoining coun- 

 ties of Missouri : 



CITIZEN? : I have been appointed by the command- 

 ing General commander of this place, with the view to 

 extend my authority over Cole and the adjacent coun- 

 ties, in order to preserve the peace and tranquillity of 

 all citizens, and assist the authorities in the mainte- 

 nance of the Government and of the Union, the en- 

 forcement of the constitutional laws of the country. 



By the precipitate flight of Gov. C. F. Jackson and 

 others, you have been left without State authority and 

 without a government. This state of things would 

 have produced lawlessness and anarchy and all their 

 consequent evils. It has therefore been deemed neces- 

 sary to supply this lack by appointing a commander 

 of this place, having surveillance over the city and its 

 vicinity. I therefore call upon the city authorities, as 

 well as the authorities of this county, to continue the 

 legal exercise of their official duties, and I will be al- 

 ways ready to lend them my assistance for the enforce- 

 ment of the constitutional laws of the country. I do 

 not wish to interfere with their official business^ neither 

 dp I intend to meddle with the private business of the 

 citizens. Your personal safety will be protected and 

 your property will be respected. Slave property will 

 not be interfered with bv any part of my command, 

 nor will slaves be allowed to enter my lines without 

 written authority from their masters; and notwith- 

 standing we are in times of war, I shall endeavor to 

 execute my instructions with moderation and forbear- 

 ance, and at the same time shall not suffer the least 

 attempt to destroy the Union and its Government by 

 the performance of any unlawful act. I shall prosecute 



and deliver up to the proper authorities all traitors 

 and their accomplices, aiders, and abettors. 

 I call upon all friends of the Union, and upon all 



Sx>d citizens, to form themselves into companies of 

 ome Guards for the protection of the Union ; to arm 

 themselves and to drill. I will be very glad to have 

 them, as far as possible, instructed by my officers, and 

 to contribute with all my power to their militarv 

 education. Every citizen who has business with the 

 commander of the place, or intends to bring some 

 complaint before him, will have free access to my 

 head-quarters from 10 to 12 o'clock. 



All my soldiers will observe the strictest discipline, 

 and I hope that the support of all good citizens will 

 enable me to keep this city and vicinity in perfect 

 peace and order, and to keep far from them the terror 

 and devastation of the war. 



HENRY BOERNSTEIX, 

 Col. Commanding 2d Regiment Mo. Volunteers. 



Meantime Governor Jackson, on leaving Jef- 

 ferson City, summoned the State troops to his 

 support at Booneville, which is situated on the 

 south bank of the Missouri River, and forty- 

 eight miles northwest of Jefferson City. Sev- 

 eral companies from the adjacent counties joined 

 him, under Col. Marmaduke. 



Leaving Jefferson City on the 16th, Gen. 

 Lyon proceeded on the steamers A. McDowell, 

 latan, and City of Louisiana, up the river, and 

 stopped for the night about one mile below 

 Providence. Early in the morning he started 

 with his force, and reached Rochefort before 

 six o'clock, when he learned that a small force 

 of the State troops was a few miles below 

 Booneville, and preparing to make a vigorous 

 defence. Proceeding on, they discovered, about 

 six miles from Booneville, on the bluffs, a bat- 

 tery, and also scouts moving. A landing was 

 made about V o'clock two miles lower down, 

 on the south bank of the river ; the troops be- 

 gan to move on the river road to Booneville. 

 Following it about a mile and a half to the spot 

 where it begins to ascend the bluffs, several 

 shots announced the driving in of the enemy's 

 pickets. On the summit of the bluffs the ene- 

 my were posted. The Federal force advanced 

 and opened the engagement by throwing a few 

 nine-pounder shells, while the infantry filed to 

 the right and left, and commenced a fire of 

 musketry. The enemy stood their ground man- 

 fully for a time, then began to retire, and with- 

 drew in order. The Federal force was two 

 thousand, only a small portion of which was 

 engaged, and its loss was two killed and nine 

 wounded. The number of the State troops was 

 small. They admitted ten as killed, and sev- 

 eral as having been taken prisoners. Some 

 shoes, guns, blankets, &c., were taken by the 

 Federal troops. This was the first hostile colli- 

 sion in the State like a skirmish or battle be- 

 tween those representing the authority of the 

 United States and any of the officers of the State 

 Government or forces under them. Gen. Lyon, 

 therefore, deemed it necessary to issue the fol- 

 lowing proclamation : 



BOOSEVILLE, June 18, 1861. 

 To the People of Missouri : 



Upon leaving St. Louis, in consequence of war made 

 by the Governor of this State against the Government 



