Paul Kirkman

The Battle of Westport: Missouri's Great Confederate Raid (Civil War Sesquicentennial) Paul Kirkman

In the fall of 1864, a Confederate cavalry column entered the state of Missouri through northern Arkansas. Skirmishing, recruiting and pillaging their way across the state in a raid led by Major General Sterling Price, the Rebels stayed just ahead of the Federal pursuit. On October 23, 1864, the two forces met in the largest battle of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. Just south of the frontier community of Kansas City, near the town of Westport, thirty thousand men clashed in the fields and hills along the Kansas border. Historian Paul Kirkman tells the story of the Battle of Westport, known as the "Gettysburg of the West," from its roots in "Bleeding Kansas" to its aftermath and stories of survivors.

Other books in the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series include:The Battle of Antietam ? The Battle of Franklin ? The Chancellorsville Campaign ? The Battle of South Mountain ? Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign ? Charleston Under Siege ? Andersonville Civil War Prison ? The Civil War at Perryville ? The Battle of Okolona ? Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knobb ? The Two Civil War Battles of Newtonia ? The Battle of Port Royal ? The Confederacy's Secret Weapon ? Lee in the Lowcountry ? Defending South Carolina's Coast ? Facing Sherman in South Carolina ? The Battle of Brandy Station ? The Battle of Cedar Creek ? The Battle of Fredericksburg ? The Battle of Piedmont ? The Battle of New Market Heights ? Big Bethel ? The Battle of Mine Creek ? West Virginia in the Civil War ? Civil War Atlanta