| Action Before Westport, 1864: Revised Edition Rev Edition Contributor(s): Monnett, Howard N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870814133 ISBN-13: 9780870814136 Publisher: University Press of Colorado OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1995 Annotation: Action Before Westport consults official records, newspaper accounts, letters, diaries, journals, and privately printed records to describe in detail the unusually daring, last-ditch 1864 Confederate cavalry raid that ended the bitter fighting that had devastated the Missouri-Kansas border. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 973.737 |
| LCCN: 95020496 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.96" W x 9.14" (0.80 lbs) 217 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |