The Collapse of Price's Raid facts for kids
Cover of the book
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| Author | Mark A. Lause |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Price's Raid |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
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2016 |
| Pages | 262 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8262-2025-7 |
The Collapse of Price's Raid: The Beginning of the End in Civil War Missouri is a book from 2016 by Mark A. Lause. It's the second book in his series about Price's Raid. Price's Raid was a big military campaign during the American Civil War.
This book continues the story of Price's Raid from early October. At this point, the goal of the campaign changed. It was no longer a full-scale invasion. Instead, it became more about raiding and gathering supplies. The book uses information from official war records and old newspapers. It also uses some other history books.
What This Book Is About
The Collapse of Price's Raid was published in 2016. It was written by Mark A. Lause and came from the University of Missouri Press. This book is the second part of a series. The first book was Price's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri.
This book picks up the story of Price's Raid in the middle of the campaign. This was around early October. By then, General Price had given up on invading all of Missouri. He started to focus on quick attacks and collecting supplies instead.
Key Information in the Book
The book uses two main types of sources. One is the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. These are official documents from the Civil War. The other sources are old newspaper stories from that time. Some other history books were also used.
The book looks at why the Union Army reacted the way it did to the raid. It also shows how different the fighting groups were. These groups included soldiers from the Confederate States Army and the Union Army. There were also local militia groups and "bushwhacker" units. Bushwhackers were like guerilla fighters.
People and the Raid
The book also talks about the roles of African Americans and Native Americans. Lause, the author, believes that race played a big part in decisions made during the raid.
The book also discusses how the raid affected regular people. It shows what happened to the local civilians living in the areas where the fighting took place.
