Lause, Mark A.
Columbia [Mo.] : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
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Part of the series Shades of blue and gray series;Shades of blue and gray series.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-256) and index.
- Prologue: The sacred soil of Missouri, the state, the army, and the department — 1. The beginning. Of conquest and liberation : from Arkansas into Missouri September 27 : from Pilot Knob through Potosi to Centralia Sounding the alarm: the road to Rolla — 2. The primary goal. The mysteries of St. Louis : myths and realities in the city’s defense At the gates of the metropolis : Pacific and Union — 3. The secondary goal. The turning point : from the Bourbeuse to the Gasconade The Westward march : from Boeuf Creek to the Osage River The capital : from the Osage River to Jefferson City — Epilogue: Shaping the memory of a Civil War campaign — Appendix A: Timetable of the Missouri Campaign, August 29-October 8, 1864 — Appendix B: Engaged units.
- Examines Price’s Raid, the Confederate attempt to defeat the Republicans in the Federal election by influencing voters in Missouri. Looks at the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Raid.
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