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The great Missouri raid : Sterling Price and the last major Confederate campaign in northern territory
- Title
- The great Missouri raid : Sterling Price and the last major Confederate campaign in northern territory / Michael J. Forsyth.
- Author
- Forsyth, Michael J., 1966-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IKE 15-2765 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- vii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- "In 1864, General Sterling Price with an army of 12,000 ragtag Confederates invaded Missouri in an effort to wrest it from the United States Army's Department of Missouri. This book chronicles the Confederacy's desperate final and ill-fated attempt win a decisive victory"--
- Subjects
- United States
- Missouri
- Kansas
- History
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations
- Price's Missouri Expedition, 1864
- Military operations, Cavalry
- Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- 1861 - 1865
- Kansas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Price, Sterling, 1809-1867
- Price's Missouri Expedition (1864)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
- Contents
- "It looks very much like war...?" -- A passion for Missouri: the rebel invaders -- A team of outcasts: the yankees -- "A blow that had destiny in it" -- Crossing the river -- "Thermopylae" -- Lost opportunities -- The "picnic period" -- Westport -- "This has been a disastrous day!" -- This unfortunate campaign -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- IKE 15-2765
- ISBN
- 9780786476954
- 0786476958
- 9781476619231 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015003453
- OCLC
- 890510408
- Author
- Forsyth, Michael J., 1966- author.
- Title
- The great Missouri raid : Sterling Price and the last major Confederate campaign in northern territory / Michael J. Forsyth.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1861 - 1865
- Research Call Number
- IKE 15-2765