Theater of a separate war : the Civil War west of the Mississippi River, 1861-1865 / Thomas W. Cutrer.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Has it come so soon as this? Secession and Confederate statehood -- I will gladly give my life for a victory: Kansas and Missouri, June-December 1861 -- The wolf is come: war in the Indian nation, 1861-1862 -- The only man in the army that was whipped: the Pea Ridge campaign, February 1862 -- Charge 'em! damn 'em, charge, charge, charge! The struggle for the Southwest, July 1861-July 1862 -- We are men and braves: Indian warfare in the Far West -- No feeling of mercy or kindness: the Prairie Grove campaign, March 1862-January 1863 -- Hold out till help arrived or until all dead: the capture of Arkansas post, 9-11 January 1863 -- Texas must take her chances: coastal defense and the battle of Galveston, April 1861-January 1863 -- All New England men and of the best material: the federal occupation of south Louisiana, April 1862-April 1863 -- Cannot you do something to operate against them on your side of the river! Milliken's Bend and the campaign for Vicksburg, spring 1863 -- Courage and desperation rarely equaled: the rebel assault on Helena, 4 July 1863 -- Much unmerited loss and suffering: Quantrill's Lawrence raid and the war on the Missouri-Kansas border, 21 August 1863 -- Drive him routed from our soil: the Little Rock campaign, July-October 1863 -- More remarkable than Thermopylae: Texas coastal defense and the battle of Sabine Pass, January 1863-June 1865 -- Our troops should occupy and hold at least a portion of Texas: Banks's overland campaign, July-November 1863 -- The land of coyotes, tarantulas, fandangos, horn-toads, and jack-rabbits: Banks's Texas campaign, October 1863-August 1864 -- No nobler death: the Indian Territory, July 1863-February 1865 -- We must fight them and whip them: Banks's drive toward Shreveport, November 1863-April 1864 -- I am going to fight Banks if he has a million of men! the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, 8-9 April 1864 -- A brisk and brilliant six weeks' campaign: Steele's Camden expedition and Banks's retreat from Pleasant Hill, April and May 1864 -- Destroy property and recruit men: Price's Missouri raid, August-November 1864 -- Let come what will, we'll fight the Yankees alone: Confederate collapse in the Trans-Mississippi.

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