Price's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri

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Price’s Lost Campaign Shades of Blue and Gray Series Edited by Herman Hattaway, Jon L. Wakelyn, and Clayton E. Jewett The Shades of Blue and Gray Series offers Civil War studies for the modern reader–Civil War buff and scholar alike. Military history today addresses the relationship between society and warfare. Thus biographies and thematic studies that deal with civilians, soldiers, and political leaders are increasingly important to a larger public. This series includes books that will appeal to Civil War Roundtable groups, individuals, libraries, and academics with a special interest in this era of American history. Mark A. Lause Price’s Lost Campaign The 1864 Invasion of Missouri University of Missouri Press Columbia and London Copyright ©2011 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8262-1949-7 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Design and composition: Jennifer Cropp Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Typefaces: Minion, Adobe Jenson, and Rage Joi D I would dedicate this work first and foremost to my wife, Katherine L. Allen, whose lifelong patience and support has always made her a part of anything I have ever accomplished, and, in this project, to the years of family members, teachers and school chums who have patiently borne part of the burden of my obsession with the 1864 Missouri campaign. ...