General Price's Letter and Order Book, 1861; Missouri State Guard

By James McGhee

Jim in his usual way can find the most interesting material, and this is one of his best. The Order Book, in it's original form, was found at a museum and he transcribed it. Thus he gives us an inside view of the historical organization of the Missouri State Guard, almost on a daily basis. The book covers May 16, 2025 to early 1862, when apparently another book was started. 126 pages. Factual materials, primary source material. Purchase this book and an Act to Provide For The Organization, Government, and Support of Military Forces, 1861 and you have a concise documentation of early Missouri history. The organizing of an army.

General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians

By Frank Cunningham

Expert research in this book. Much thought went into the text, it is evident, in getting the story of the complex Stand Watie and his men across. Excellent work. Soft-cover.

General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

By Albert Castel

Known affectionately as "Old Pap", General Price was a vital and unique personality, and one of the most important and controversial figures of the Civil War. The story is an accounting of the Confederacy’s struggle in the West. 300 pages. sc.

Gettysberg of the West: Battle of Westport

By Fred Lee

At last a noted Westport historian and author, Fred L. Lee, writes a book on Westport’s battle and includes some of the more colorful characters who fought in it. To name a few: George Caleb Bingham, Mountain Charley ( a woman), Liver Eatin’Johnson of Crow fame, Wild Bill Hickock and many others. The book is liberally illustrated with maps, photo’s, sketches. An excellent work by Mr. Historian himself. 176 pages. Soft-cover.

Art work on the beautiful colorful cover by noted Ozark artist, Rocky Medley.

Ghost Dancer

by Diane L. Rogers

'The 'Dance of Ghosts', a spiritual dance of the Lakota Sioux in the late 1800s, became their hope and their demise. Their ancestors were to rise from the dead, reclaim their lands, and restore it to its natural state. But what actually happened was far from what Wovoka, their messiah, preached. "Ghost Dancers" follows Lt. George Hawkins from the Battle of the Little Big Horn to the newly established Indian reservations, to the massacre at Wounded Knee, a massacre precipitated by the Ghost Dance. Follow George on General George Crooks "Horsemeat March". Live, through George, the deaths of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, helpless to stop either. Love a woman more suitable to the 1990s than the 1890s. And watch, helpless again, as 300 men, women, and children are slaughtered on a frozen December morning. Here is a story of one mans determination to make a difference. Soft-Cover.

The Gray Riders: Stories from the Confederate Cavalry

By Lee Jacobs

Live the life with these famous raiders, Stuart, Forrest and Mosby. Live their experiences as the "eyes and ears" of the army. These men were absolutely respected by their enemies as a formidable foe. Hard, with steel endurance, they have colored the pages of history throughout the Civil War, on basically every front of action. Soft-cover, 204 pages. Bibliography & indexed.

Guerrillas and Other Curiosities

By Samuel Anderson Pence

Sam Pence worked on this manuscript, for many years. Much later, after his death and at the birth of his name sake, his grandson Dan Pence edited the work; keeping the flavor of Sam’s folksy down-to-earth way of writing. Sam arranged the work in a similar style as Noted Guerrillas by John Edwards, which he references. Harold Dellinger added newer up-to-date information on the men listed. And to make things even better Sam in his lifetime had the good-fortune to be related to Donnie and Bud Pence.from which he gathered some additional information and straightened out some, on the Kentucky affairs from his uncles.
Soft-cover edition, contains a full index and appendix concerning the latest known information on the men who made that fated Kentucky trip or rode with Quantrill.

Guerrillas, Unionists, and Violence on the Confederate Home Front

Edited by Daniel E. Sutherland

Much Civil War violence occurred far away from traditional battlefields like Shiloh and Sharpsburg. Indeed, some of the war's most intense violence occurred on the Confederate home front, as family and neighbors were pitted against one another in bloody struggles for control. Mr. Sutherland reminds us that the impact of battles and elections cannot be properly understood without knowledge of what happened on the home front. These eleven essays, by noted Civil War scholars, each explore the Confederacy's war on the home front in a different state. This was a History Book Club selection. Soft-cover. 250 pages. Indexed.

Hard Trials and Tribulations of an Old Confederate Soldier

By George Maddox

Reprinted in 1998 by Oak Hills Publishing, this truer than life accounting given by George Maddox of his life and experiences as a Confederate soldier, are just simply great! Good read.! 84 pages, Soft-cover.

By R. S. Bevier

This reprinted book, now in hardcover, tells the story, in Colonel R. S. Bevier's unique style. Colonel Bevier relates the brigades progress thru the greatest of American conflicts. From battle field to officers conferences. Told and written as only one who lived it could. Indexed.Hard-cover.

A History of the 15th Missouri Cavalery Regiment, C.S.A.

By Jerry Ponder

The 15th, seldom mentioned in Trans-Mississippi Civil War works, was brigade sized in strength and acted as the first line of defense for the Confederate Army over a wide area along the Missouri-Arkansas border. The book deals with the military records of this illustrious regiment and the social and political aspects within the region. Many gave their all and suffered great economic losses by their loyalty. Soft-cover, 169 pages, includes a very good accurate roster of these men. Great work!

I Knew Frank: I Wish I had Known Jesse

By Samuel Anderson Pence

Daniel M. Pence, grandson of Samuel Anderson Pence, has brought to publication the original manuscript of his grandfathers story about the James family, their neighbors and connections. His research unwinds the intricate web of family relationships and encompasses 19th century Clay County, Missouri through the personal recollections of a native son who, along with parents, grandparents, and guerrilla great-uncles lived through the era. Dan has also included new information and photographs never before published. Books are autographed and numbered.

Iowa Union Infantry Regiments: First thru Fourteenth

By Carolyn Bartels

Day by day movements, overall organizations, encampments, battles, skirmishes all rolled in to a short mini-history, allowing you to follow an army through for research. List also given of Andersonville prison deaths of Iowans. The book is Soft-cover.