But his counterparts didn’t fare much better. Price, Lause maintains, was a reluctant commander more interested in preserving his reputation than securing victory. Price’s Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri traces the origins of the campaign and chronicles the failures of both the Union and Confederate high commands as events unfolded. Despite marching hundreds of miles, fighting more than a dozen battles, destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of property and creating a panic that forced a Federal military response, Price could not wrest Missouri from Union control.Ĭonsidering the size of the campaign, it is surprising that few studies have yet been written about it. Louis and the state capital Jefferson City, Price hoped to reinstall a pro-Confederate government and influence the upcoming presidential election. Sterling Price marched more than12,000 Confederate soldiers into Missouri, intending to re-occupy the state that had voted against secession three years earlier. Price’s Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri (University of Missouri Press) by Mark A. Book Review: Price’s Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri Close
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