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Price's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri Mark A. Lause University of Missouri Press, 2011, $29.95
In September 1864, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price marched more than 12,000 Confederate soldiers into Missouri, intending to re-occupy the state that had voted against secession three years earlier. By seizing St. Louis and the state capital Jefferson City, Price hoped to reinstall a proConfederate government and influence the upcoming presidential election.
His offensive failed, however. Despite marching hundreds of miles, fighting more than a dozen battles, destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property and creating a panic that forced a Federal military response, Price could not wrest Missouri from Union control.
Considering the size of the campaign, it is surprising that few...