October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek [Hardcover]

Lumir F Buresh (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 265 pages
• Publisher: Lowell Press (1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913504408
• ISBN-13: 978-0913504406
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,419,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A book that made history, January 26, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (Fort Scott, Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek (Hardcover)

Lumir Buresh wrote the first and only book on the Battle of Mine Creek and the events of October 25th, 1864, over twenty years ago. The book was thoroughly researched, bringing forth information about this little known event of the Civil War, and in so doing, sparked interest in preserving the battlefield. Lumir correctly identified the Union Cavalry charge at Mine Creek as one of the largest and certainly most successful mounted attack of the entire war. The book also identified many notable participants in the battle, including several future governors and several West Point graduates.

Another important effect of the book was to correctly include the action at Mine Creek, Kansas, as an important battle in Sterling Price's campaign or invasion of Missouri. Too many accounts simply leave out the invasion of Kansas and the resulting Confederate defeat at Mine Creek. Since the book was written, 280 acres of the battlefield have become protected as the Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site, with a visitor's center built in 1998, administered by the Kansas State Historical Society. Efforts are ongoing to add further land to the historic battlefield. This book is not only the first account of this important battle to appear in book form, it is itself an historic document which has spurred the preservation efforts to protect this hallowed ground.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Missouri & Kansas history, July 7, 1999

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This review is from: October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek (Hardcover)

Wonderful detail of the largest Civil War engagement on Kansas soil. The battle at Mine Creek is described as THE classic cavalry charge of the Civil War, you can truly feel the grandeur from Buresch's words. Many detailed maps, & the text covers Price's invasion of Missouri & Kansas beginning at Westport & ending when his thoroughly beaten, demoralized, & starving troops flee to Texas & safety.

5.0 out of 5 stars David Hart, September 28, 2010

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This review is from: October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek (Hardcover)

I just ordered a copy of this book because I have ancestors who participated in the events of this time and place. Anything that helps me further understand what they experienced in this part of Kansas during the Civil War is of great value to me.