General Sterling Price and the Confederacy: Volume 1

Reynolds, Thomas C.

ISBN 10: 1883982685 / ISBN 13: 9781883982683

Verlag: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2009

Sterling Price began his career as commander of the Missouri State Guard, then served as a major general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Because of his early conditional unionism - he was for the Union, but not to the extent of suppressing the rights of individual states - Price was not completely trusted in Missouri. Editor(s): Schultz, Robert G. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472. . 2009. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781883982683

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Sterling Price served as a major general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Because of his early conditional Unionism - Price was for the Union, but not to the extent of suppressing the rights of individual states - he was not completely trusted by Missouri's eventual Confederate governor, Thomas C. Reynolds.
As a general, Price inspired his men to fight fearlessly in the battles of Wilson's Creek, Lexington, and Pea Ridge. His "last hurrah" was the 1864 raid into Missouri. However, Reynolds, who traveled with the men, was furious that the raid failed to bring Missouri into the Confederacy.
In 1867, Reynolds began writing his version of events. Although never completed, his manuscript has proved to be a proverbial gold mine of information about the Civil War. Editor Robert G. Schulz has annotated Reynolds's unfinished manuscript, which is important not only for its appraisal of Sterling Price but also for Reynolds's views of the inner workings of the Confederate government and in particular the challenges that faced the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Robert G. Schultz is Adjunct Instructor in History at East Central College in Union, Missouri. He is the editor of Heritage Treasures, An Anthology of Articles from 20 Years of the St. Charles County Heritage and author of Street Railway Post Offices of St. Louis and Missouri Post Offices, 1804–1981.

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Titel: General Sterling Price and the Confederacy: ...
Verlag: Missouri Historical Society Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New