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Sterling Price is one of the better CSA General Officers in the West. Maybe not the best general or the easiest one to deal with, he stands head and shoulders above many of his peers. This is an excellent military biography of General Price during the Civil War and while over uses is a "warts and all" story. The author pulls no punches in saying where Price was wrong and where he was ill served by superiors and peers. Very even handed, it is clear that price had many admirable qualities coupled with some quirks but he did care and he did try his best.
A second plus of this book is the excellent introduction to the war in the West. Price was at almost all the important battles and each is covered. The overview of his 1864 Missouri Campaign and almost unique, most histories do not mention it. Price usually disappears after Corinth but here we follow him to the Trans-Mississippi and defeat. Castel's appraisal of Price is very fair and worth the price of the book. Couple with the battle histories this is an excellent buy. The maps are sufficient for the book and tend to be at the campaign level. However, I did not find that to be a problem when reading about any of the battles. The writing is crisp, to the point and moves. Overall, this excellent book will increase your knowledge of the war in the West and needs to be in your Civil War library.
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Van Dorn, Kirby Smith, Little Rock, Reynolds Papers, Library of Congress, Pilot Knob, General Price, Sterling Price, Jefferson City, New York, Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Davis, Louis Missouri Republican, Pea Ridge, United States, Wilson's Creek, Mine Creek, Army of the West, Price East of the Mississippi, Edwin Price, Graveyard Hill, Kansas City, Camp Jackson, District of Arkansas, Indian Territory New!
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Van Dorn, Kirby Smith, Little Rock, Reynolds Papers, Library of Congress, Pilot Knob, General Price, Sterling Price, Jefferson City, New York, Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Davis, Louis Missouri Republican, Pea Ridge, United States, Wilson's Creek, Mine Creek, Army of the West, Price East of the Mississippi, Edwin Price, Graveyard Hill, Kansas City, Camp Jackson, District of Arkansas, Indian Territory New!
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- Campaign for Corinth: Blood in Mississippi (Civil War Campaigns & Commanders) by Steven Nathaniel Dossman on 4 pages
- Women's War in the South: Recollections and Reflections of the American Civil War by Martin Harry Greenberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Brothers In Gray: The Civil War Letters Of The Pierson Family by Thomas W. Cutrer in Front Matter, and page 52
- The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South, 1861-1865 (Campaigns and Commanders) by Robert Russell Mackey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War by Douglas Hale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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