Last Hurrah - Sterling Price''s Missouri Expedition of 1864

In the late summer of 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price led a last ditch attempt to liberate Missouri from Union occupation and brutal guerrilla warfare. Price's invading army was like few others seen during the Civil War. This is the story of his invasion from its politically charged planning to its starving retreat.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Sterling Price is the State of Missouri
Chapter 2. We Suspect Missouri is the Objective
Chapter 3. To the Arcadia Valley
Chapter 4. General My Brigade Never Flickered
Chapter 5. For God's Sake Give Me Authority to Do Something
Chapter 6. D--n the State, I Wish I Had Never Seen It
Chapter 7. You are Home Boys, and I Do Not Want to Hurt You
Chapter 8. Men of Kansas, Rally!
Chapter 9. A Beautiful and Exciting Scene
Chapter 10. I Can Stop Price at This Crossing
Chapter 11. A Desperate Stand at Brush Creek
Chapter 12. Rebels, Rebels, Fire, Fire
Chapter 13. Lost Opportunity at Hart Grove Creek
Chapter 14. Musketry Like Swarms of Lightning Bugs
Chapter 15. I Don't Give No Quarters Nor Will I Ask Anny
Chapter 16. We All Experienced Tribulation This Day
Chapter 17. There is Not an Enemy in a Hundred Miles
Chapter 18. A Land of Starvation
Chapter 19. Aftermath

About the author

By Kyle Sinisi

Summary

In the late summer of 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price led a last ditch attempt to liberate Missouri from Union occupation and brutal guerrilla warfare. Price’s invading army was like few others seen during the Civil War. This is the story of his invasion from its politically charged planning to its starving retreat.

Product details

• Authors: Sinisi Kyle S. Sinisi, Kyle Sinisi, Kyle S Sinisi, Kyle S. Sinisi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781538141519
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4151-9
• No. of pages: 468
• Series: American Crisis Series: Books; The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas