Price's Raid | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Price's Raid


00:01:03 1 Background
00:03:10 2 Opposing forces
00:05:33 3 Battles
00:21:42 4 Aftermath
00:23:01 5 A modern assessment
00:24:55 6 Notes
00:25:04 7 Further reading
00:27:00 8 External links



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Price's Missouri Expedition, also known as Price's Raid, was a Confederate raid through the states of Missouri and Kansas in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War during the autumn of 1864. Led by Confederate Major General Sterling Price, the campaign's intention was to recapture Missouri and renew the Confederate initiative in the larger conflict.
Despite winning several early victories, Price was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Westport by Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis in late October.  He suffered subsequent reverses at the hands of Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton at the Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas, forcing him to retreat back into Arkansas. Price's Raid proved to be the last significant Southern operation west of the Mississippi River. Its failure bolstered confidence in an ultimate Union victory in the war, thereby contributing to President Abraham Lincoln's re-election.  It also cemented Federal control over the hotly-contested border state of Missouri.