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The Civil War in Missouri: A Military History

by Louis S. Gerteis
The Civil War in Missouri: A Military History

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Guerrilla warfare, border fights, and unorganized skirmishes are all too often the only battles associated with Missouri during the Civil War. Combined with the stateandrsquo;s distance from both sidesandrsquo; capitals, this misguided impression paints Missouri as an insignificant player in the nationandrsquo;s struggle to define itself. Such notions, however, are far from an accurate picture of the Midwest stateandrsquo;s contributions to the warandrsquo;s outcome. Though traditionally cast in a peripheral role, the conventional warfare of Missouri was integral in the Civil Warandrsquo;s development and ultimate conclusion. The strategic battles fought by organized armies are often lost amidst the stories of guerrilla tactics and bloody combat, but in The Civil War in Missouri, Louis S. Gerteis explores the stateandrsquo;s conventional warfare and its effects on the unfolding of national history.

and#160;Both the Union and the Confederacy had a vested interest in Missouri throughout the war. The state offered control of both the lower Mississippi valley and the Missouri River, strategic areas that could greatly factor into either sideandrsquo;s success or failure. Control of St. Louis and mid-Missouri were vital for controlling the West, and rail lines leading across the state offered an important connection between eastern states and the communities out west. The Confederacy sought to maintain the Ozark Mountains as a northern border, which allowed concentrations of rebel troops to build in the Mississippi valley. With such valuable stock at risk, Lincoln registered the importance of keeping rebel troops out of Missouri, and so began the conventional battles investigated by Gerteis.

and#160;The first book-length examination of its kind, The Civil War in Missouri: A Military History dares to challenge the prevailing opinion that Missouri battles made only minor contributions to the war. Gerteis specifically focuses not only on the principal conventional battles in the state but also on the effects these battles had on both sidesandrsquo; national aspirations. This work broadens the scope of traditional Civil War studies to include the losses and wins of Missouri, in turn creating a more accurate and encompassing narrative of the nationandrsquo;s history.

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andldquo;Will go down as the definitive guide to Missouriandrsquo;s Civil War military history and will prove indispensable for any readers interested in the complex Trans-Mississippi theatre of the war.andrdquo;andmdash;Missouri Historical Review

andldquo;Attention to the biographical details of officersandrsquo; lives is striking; here we find not only the emergence of Ulysses S. Grant as a capable leader but also the stories of a remarkable number of company commanders.andrdquo;andmdash;The Journal of Southern History

andldquo;A very readable and well documented book enhanced by its well-placed maps and pictures. Gerteis really shines in his description of battles, the strategies of opposing generals, and the battlesandrsquo; consequences.andrdquo;andmdash;Civil War Book Review

andldquo;The Civil War in Missouri is an easy read, and despite being primarily a military treatment, Gerteis gives us an overview of the political background and the Kansas-Missouri andlsquo;border war.andrsquo; He does an effective job of weaving political, economic, and local problems into the overall picture. A useful read for anyone interested in the Civil War.andrdquo; andndash; The NYMAS Review

andldquo;Making a case for the national importance of Civil War military campaigns in Missouri, Louis Gerteis portrays the operations of Union and Confederate armies in vivid detail. Although Missouri was notable for the intensity of its guerrilla warfare, this book demonstrates that conventional armies largely determined developments in the state, forming the anchor of Union control in the trans-Mississippi theater.andrdquo;andmdash;James M. McPherson, author of This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War

andldquo;Gerteis knows Missouri history in the Civil War better than anyone else. This book should bring about an important reconsideration of Missouriandrsquo;s place in Civil War history. That reconsideration will affect our view not only of the stateandrsquo;s history but of the nature of the whole Civil War.andrdquo;andshy;andmdash;Mark Neely, author of Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War

andldquo;With this well-written military history of the conflict in Missouri, Louis S. Gerteis fills a long-standing void in state, regional, and national history in relation to the Civil War. He corrects the popular misconception that in Missouri conventional fighting gave way almost entirely to guerrilla war after 1861. Missouri was in fact the scene of the warandrsquo;s third largest number of engagements (after Virginia and Tennessee), and it was the interplay between conventional and unconventional war that gave the conflict there its particularly horrific nature. This is a most welcome addition to Civil War scholarship.andrdquo;andmdash;William Garrett Piston, editor of A Rough


About the Author

Louis S. Gerteis is Professor of History at the University of Missouriandndash;St. Louis. He is the author or editor of four other books, including most recently St. Louis from Village to Metropolis: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906andndash;2006. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.


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ISBN:
9780826220783
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
01/05/2016
Publisher:
University of Missouri
Series info:
Shades of Blue & Gray
Language:
English
Edition:
3
Pages:
256
Height:
.70IN
Width:
6.10IN
Thickness:
.75
Series:
Shades of Blue and Gray
Series Number:
1
Age Range:
15 and up
Grade Range:
10 and up
Series Volume:
1
Author:
Louis S. Gerteis
Author:
Louis S. Gerteis
Subject:
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) DONTUSE

The first book-length examination of its kind, Civil War Missouri challenges the prevailing opinion that Missouri battles made only minor contributions to the war.

Subject:
US History-1800 to Civil War

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