Fields of Blood
The Prairie Grove Campaign
Published on 15. November 2009
368 pages
978-0-8078-9868-0 (ISBN)
Description
William L. Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding fighting at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War, which effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Fields of Blood provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, Shea describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkable raid of the Civil War.
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William L. Shea is professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He is coauthor of several books, including Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 HINDMAN
- 2 FEDERALS
- 3 RETURN TO ARKANSAS
- 4 THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS
- 5 WAR OF NERVES
- 6 DOWN IN THE VALLEY
- 7 CANE HILL
- 8 RACE TO PRAIRIE GROVE
- 9 OPENING MOVES
- 10 ARTILLERY DUEL
- 11 HERRON STORMS THE RIDGE
- 12 FIGHT FOR THE BORDEN HOUSE
- 13 BLUNT SAVES THE DAY
- 14 CHANGE OF FRONT
- 15 CONFEDERATE SUNSET
- 16 RETREAT
- 17 AFTERMATH
- 18 RAID ON VAN BUREN
- 19 EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX: Order of Battle
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- D
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