Civil War Day-By-Day

May 10, 1861

• Nathaniel Lyons [US] takes control of St. Louis to end rioting, seizing Camp Jackson (Confederate militia) and 1200 1855 Springfield Rifles

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• The President, by proclamation, declared martial law upon the island of Key West, the Tortugas, and Santa Rosa, Fla.
• Mob attack upon volunteer Home Guard in St. Louis—seven of the rioters killed.
• Major-Gen. Robert E. Lee placed in command of the rebel forces in Virginia.
• Officers in the Union army ordered to take the oath
  of allegiance.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863