Wilson's Creek

by Piston, William Garrett; Hatcher, Richard W., III

• ISBN13: 9780807855751
• ISBN10: 0807855758
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, in a contest that is rightly considered the second major battle of the Civil War. In an in-depth narrative and analysis of this important but largely overlooked battle, William Piston and Richard Hatcher combine a traditional military study of the fighting with an innovative social analysis of the soldiers who participated and the communities that supported them.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
1 Southern Rights Inviolate	3	(21)
2 Fan the Fire of Enthusiasm	24	(20)
3 Mark Well the Spot Where They Meet	44	(16)
4 The Boys Feel Very Proud of the Flag	60	(16)
5 Nothing Was Clear Cut-It Was Simply Missouri	76	(16)
6 Good Tents and Bad Water	92	(14)
7 They Take the Rags off the Bush	106	(16)
8 Ripe for the Sickle of War	122	(16)
9 The Lyon and the Whang-doodle	138	(13)
10 Wilson Creek Afforded Us Water	151	(13)
11 Red and Blistered from Head to Foot	164	(15)
12 I Will Gladly Give Up My Life for Victory	179	(13)
13 My Boys Stood It Like Heroes	192	(29)
14 A "Stirring" Effect on the Enemy	221	(11)
15 A Perfect Hurricane of Bullets	232	(14)
16 Come On, Caddo!	246	(16)
17 Pandemonium Turned Loose	262	(25)
18 Springfield Is a Vast Hospital	287	(18)
19 To Choose Her Own Destiny	305	(12)
20 Never Disgrace Your Town	317	(12)
Epilogue: A Heritage of Honor	329	(6)
Order of Battle	335	(4)
Notes	339	(42)
Bibliography	381	(18)
Index	399