The Last Hurrah: Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864

In the late summer of 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price led a last ditch attempt to liberate Missouri from Union occupation and brutal guerrilla warfare. Price’s invading army was like few others seen during the Civil War. It was an army of cavalry that lacked men, horses, weapons, and discipline. Its success depended entirely upon a native uprising of pro—Confederate Missourians. When that uprising never occurred, Price’s rag—tag army marched through the state seeking revenge, suppl...