THE SIEGE OF LEXINGTON.

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surrender was put to the officers, and a ballot was taken, only two out of sixvotes being cast in favor of fighting on. Then the flag of truce was sent outwith our surrender.

Colonel Snead (see page 262) writes us asfollows in regard to the circumstances of thesurrender:

“ The surrender of Lexington was negotiated on thepart of Colonel Mulligan by Colonel Marshall of the 1stniinois Cavalry, and on the part of General Price byme. We met inside of the Union lines. Of course Idemanded the unconditional surrender of the post, withits officers and men and material of war. Colonel Mar-shall hesitated, and at last said that he would have to sub-mit the matter to Colonel Mulligan. As we knew thatreenforcements were on the way to Mulligan, and as Ifeared that Mulligan was only practicing a ruse in orderto gain time, I said to Colonel Marshall that if the termswhich I offered were not accepted within ten minutes Ishould return to our lines and order Are to he reopened.He left me, but returned just as the ten minutes wereexpiring, and said that the surrender would be made asdemanded. I immediately sent one of the officers, whomI had taken with me, to announce the fact to GeneralPrice and to ask when he would accept the surrender.He came over at once, and notified Colonel Mulligan thathe would himself accept the surrender of him and hisfield-officers forthwith, and assign one of his divisioncommanders to accept the surrender of the men andtheir company officers. Mulligan and his field-officerscame forward immediately, on foot, and offered to sur-render their swords. General Price (next to whom Iwas sitting) replied instantly, ‘You gentlemen havefought so bravely that it would be wrong to deprive youof your swords. Keep them. Orders to parole you andyour men -will be issued, Colonel Mulligan, without un-necessary delay.’ The only officer or man that was notparoled, and the only one who was taken South, wasColonel Mulligan.”

Colonel Mulligan was held as a prisoner untilthe 30th of October, being accompanied by hiswife, who had been an eye-witness of the siegefrom the town. They journeyed in General Price’sprivate carriage, and (Mrs. Mulligan says) received“every possible courtesy from the general and hisstaff.” They returned to St. Louis under escort offorty men and a flag of truce. In Chicago andelsewhere Colonel Mulligan was received with en-thusiastic honors.

Colonel Mulligan, after his exchange, was placedin command along the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road , in western Virginia. During this period heengaged in many skirmishes with the enemy. Inthe battle of Winchester, July 24th, 1864, ColonelMulligan received three mortal wounds. Some ofthe officers, among whom was his brother-in-law,Lieutenant James H. Nugent, nineteen years ofage, attempted to carry him from the field. Seeingthe colors in danger the colonel said: “Lay medown and save the flag.” Lieutenant Nugent res-cued the colors and returned to the colonel’s side,

but in a few moments fell, mortally wounded. Col-onel Mulligan died forty-eight hours after, at theage of thirty-four. After his death, his widow re-ceived from President Lincoln Colonel Mulligan’scommission of Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. V.,dated July 24th, “for gallant and meritorious ser-vices at the battle of Winchester.”— Editors.

Note : The seizure of the money of the Lexing-ton Bank referred to by Colonel Snead on page 273is treated in full in the “ History of LafayetteCounty,” from which we condense the followingstatement: Governor Jackson having appropri-ated the school fund of the State to the armingand equipment of the State troops, and the pro-posal having been made to force loans from certainbanks for the same purpose, General Fr6mont, inorder to checkmate this action of the Governor,ordered the funds of certain banks to be sent toSt. Louis , not for the use of the Federal author-ities, but to prevent their employment to aid theenemy. By his order, Colonel Marshall securedthe funds of the State Bank of Lexington againstthe protest of the officers, giving a receipt for theamount, which was $960,159.60, of which $165,-659.60 was in gold. The money was buried in thefort under Colonel Mulligan’s tent, and upon thesurrender every dollar of the gold was delivered toGeneral Price , but $15,000 in notes of the bankwas missing. Governor Jackson and General Priceordered all the money to be restored to the bank,but on the 30th of September made a demandupon the bank for, and under threat of force re-ceived, the sum of $37,337.20 in gold, claimed tobe due to the State under an act of the Legislature of Missouri , which permitted of the suspension ofcertain banks on the condition that they shouldloan the State on its bonds a certain portion oftheir fund. At the time of the capture of Lexing-ton the State Convention of Missouri had deposedGovernor Jackson and elected in his place Hamil-ton R. Gamble . The Union State Governmentmade demand afterward for the same sum, whichwas paid and bonds of the State issued therefor,which were redeemed at their face value when due.The sum given to Governor Jackson was chargedby the bank to “profit and loss.” See also page280 for General Fremont’s declaration of policyin this respect. “ The funds of other banks of theState were taken possession of by the Federalauthorities, transported to St. Louis , and in duetime every dollar returned.”— Editors.