He immediately ordered a force to proceed up the road, and protect as much of it as possible from further damage.

Within four hours of the reception of the order to move, the troops were on their way.

On the next day, three steamers, with about two thousand men, left St.Louis for Jefferson City.

General Lyon knew the importance of time, and was determined to give Governor Jackson very little opportunity for preparation.
My first experience of a military campaign was on the expedition up the Missouri.

I had seen something of Indian troubles on the Plains, in which white men were concerned, but I had never witnessed civilized warfare where white men fought against white men.