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

Informationen zum Autor Kyle S. Sinisi is professor of history at The Citadel. He is author of Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism, 1861-1880 and co-editor of Warm Ashes: Essays in Southern History at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kyle Sinisi, Kyle S. Sinisi
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.07.2015
• EAN: 9780742545359
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4535-9
• Pagine: 468
• Serie: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era; American Crisis Series: Books; The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
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