{"product_id":"the-collapse-of-prices-raid-mark-a-lause-9780826223326","title":"The Collapse of Price's Raid: The Beginning of the End in Civil War Missouri","description":"As the Civil War was drawing to a close, former Missouri governor Sterling Price led his army on one last desperate campaign to retake his home state for the Confederacy, part of a broader effort to tilt the upcoming 1864 Union elections against Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collapse of Price's Raid: The Beginning of the End in Civil War Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Mark A. Lause examines the complex political and social context of what became known as \"Price's Raid,\" the final significant Southern operation west of the Mississippi River.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe success of the Confederates would be measured by how long they could avoid returning south to spend a hungry winter among the picked-over fields of southwestern Arkansas and northeastern Texas. As Price moved from Pilot Knob to Boonville, the Raid brutalized and alienated the people it supposedly wished to liberate. With Union cavalry pushing out of Jefferson City, the Confederates took Boonville, Glasgow, and Sedalia in their stride, and fostered a wave of attacks across northern Missouri by guerrillas and organizations of new recruits. With the Missouri River to their north and the ravaged farmlands to their south, Price's men continued west.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt Lexington, Confederates began encountering a second Federal army newly raised in Kansas under General Samuel R. Curtis. A running battle from the Little Blue through Independence to the Big Blue marked the first of three days of battle in the area of Kansas City, as the two Federal armies squeezed the Confederate forces between them. Despite a self-congratulatory victory, Union forces failed to capture the very vulnerable army of Price, which escaped down the Kansas line.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe follow-up to \u003ci\u003ePrice's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e, Lause's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collapse of Price's Raid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a must-have for any reader interested in the Civil War or in Missouri state history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark A. Lause\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082622332X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826223326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Mark A. Lause","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489634603263,"sku":"9780826223326","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50b1a9c2-7367-4d87-9228-86e5d47d34d0.jpg?v=1736954125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-collapse-of-prices-raid-mark-a-lause-9780826223326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}