Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border
By: by Donald L. Gilmore.
Publisher: Pelican Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Gretna, LA
Language: eng
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Uneasy union : the roots of the border war; title: The view from across the border : the Missouri situation; title: Confrontation in Kansas; title: Political convulsion and war; title: Smoldering war : attacks and reprisals in Kansas and Missouri; title: Conflicting loyalties : the Civil War in Missouri; title: Jayhawker invasion of western Missouri; title: Nemesis : the emergence of Quantrill; title: Trial by fire : the tempering of the guerrillas; title: The guerrillas' identity, extermination, and trauma; title: "Hell in their neck" : the guerrilla response; title: Retribution : General Orders no. 11 and Quantrill's reply; title: End game : Price's raid and the death of the guerrilla chiefs; title: Reckoning.