Action before Westport, 1864

Monnett, Howard N. ; Monnett, John H.

ISBN 10: 0870814133 / ISBN 13: 9780870814136

Edité par University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colo., 1995

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xxxiv, 190 p. ill., maps 23 cm. (alk. paper) Box number: GR0061. ; Revised edition ; 1st printing.

N° de réf. du vendeur 11011800

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Action before Westport, 1864
• Éditeur: University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colo.
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0870814133
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780870814136
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Rev. ed.
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Military history

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Synopsis

The military events surrounding the frontier village of Westport, Missouri, during the autumn of 1864 were part of a Confederate raid that exceeded any Civil War cavalry raid. The climax of a last-ditch Confederate invasion of Missouri, the battle ended forever the bitter fighting that had devastated the Missouri-Kansas border. First published more than thirty years ago and now available with a new introduction and notes that update the text, Action Before Westport presents the only full account of that most unusual and daring Civil War battle.

In addition to incorporating official records, newspaper accounts, letters, diaries, journals, and privately printed records, Monnett consulted several previously undiscovered manuscripts, two of them the work of key Confederate generals in the raid. The result is a classic work that is both immensely readable and impressive in its documentation.