Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border

Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border / by Donald L. Gilmore.

Author/creator	Gilmore, Donald L.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub., 2006.
Description	384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Underground movements. Missouri--History --Civil War, 1861-1865. Kansas--History --Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contents	Uneasy union : the roots of the border war -- The view from across the border : the Missouri situation -- Confrontation in Kansas -- Political convulsion and war -- Smoldering war : attacks and reprisals in Kansas and Missouri -- Conflicting loyalties : the Civil War in Missouri -- Jayhawker invasion of western Missouri -- Nemesis : the emergence of Quantrill -- Trial by fire : the tempering of the guerrillas -- The guerrillas' identity, extermination, and trauma -- "Hell in their neck" : the guerrilla response -- Retribution : General Orders no. 11 and Quantrill's reply -- End game : Price's raid and the death of the guerrilla chiefs -- Reckoning.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-376) and index.
LCCN	2005016539
ISBN	1589803299

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E470.45 .G55 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold