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The Civil War's First Blood: Missouri, 1854-1861
written by James Denny, John Bradbury
Studio : Missouri Life
by Missouri Life
Release Date : 2007-02-28
Publisher : Missouri Life
Released : 2007-02-28
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Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780974934129
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 2 reviews)
Our Price : $29.95
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The disagreements over states rights and slavery gradually sharpened across the nation before the Civil War. In Missouri, due in part to the famous compromise that bore the state s name, those issues reached the boiling point during the 1850s. Where the Civil War Began describes the political atmosphere in the state leading up to war and the conflicting loyalties of its citizens. James Denny and John Bradbury introduce the key political and military players, explain military operations throughout the state, and explore the war s effects on Missourians through the first year of the tortuous struggle to determine the state s allegiance. Instead of compromise, Missouri hosted some of the most violent conflicts of the Civil War and came to epitomize the tragedy of the nation s internecine struggle. |
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The Real Beginning of the Civil War |
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Very good history book for those wanting to know where the Civil War actually started. |
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A fascinating and informative read |
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James Denny is a historian with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. John Bradbury is Senior Manuscript Specialist at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection in Rolla, Missouri. Together these two experts have collaborative to write "The Civil War's First Blood: Missouri 1854-1861". Missouri was a border state that saw increasing conflict over the issues of states' rights and slavery during the 1850s that would result in divided loyalties between the North and the South among families, friends and neighbors resulting in confrontation and violence that would eventually erupt into open civil war. This is the story of a slave state surrounded by adjoining free states, of Governor Claiborne Jackson's advocacy of secessionism that failed to find support among a majority of Missouri's citizenry and lead to his being chased by U.S. forces directed by general Nathaniel Lyon and U.S. Representative Frank Blair -- men determined to secure Missouri for the Union. This is also the story of Kansas Jayhawkers raiding Missouri towns along the length of the Kansas-Missouri border, and of Confederate forces coming up from Arkansas but failing to establish a permanent influence in favor of the Southern cause. Profusely illustrated, "The Civil War's First Blood" is a fascinating and informative read, as well as a valued and recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library American Civil War reference collections and supplemental reading lists. |
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