| Description |
384 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-376) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements.
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Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865.
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| ISBN |
1589803299 |
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