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Review of Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865 by James E. McGhee, reviewed by G. E. Rule "Order No. 11 and the Civil War on the Border," by Albert Castel - A balanced and thoughtful appraisal of one of the most emotional issues of the war in Missouri, by the leading historian of the war in the West Solving the Mystery of the Arsenal Guns by Randy R. McGuire, Ph. D. - groundbreaking original work answering the long-disputed question of the number of guns at the St. Louis Arsenal in early 1861 and their importance to the outcome of the Civil War Tucker's War: Missouri and the Northwest Conspiracy - by G. E. Rule - original research on J. W. Tucker, one of the most important, yet shadowy, figures in the secret war for Missouri, head of the Boat-Burners a secret service sabotage unit. May 10, 1861: Camp Jackson: Camp Jackson captured by Unionist forces. 28 people are killed in fighting/shooting incident in streets following. May 26, 1865: The Department of the Trans-Mississippi surrenders at New Orleans, finally ending the Civil War. May 30, 1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Stephen A. Douglas secured passage of a bill that repealed the Missouri Compromise and divided the remaining land of the Louisiana Purchase into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Noted Guerrillas and, the extremely rare, A Terrible Quintette on a searchable CD-ROM: Click here for more information and to order |