In the fall of 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price, former Missouri governor, and 12,000 Confederates invaded Missouri from Arkansas with the objective of capturing St. Louis and Missouri's capital.
According to historian Greg Wolk, " Missouri has always been more important during the Civil War than it is given credit for."
The full tour covers the confrontations of Price's three division commanders: General Joseph Shelby, John S. Marmaduke and James Fagan. I have been writing about Marmaduke and Shelby in my Civil War naval blog in the past few weeks.
--Old Secesh
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