Long before the first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter, violence had ?already erupted along the Missouri-Kansas border-a recurring cycle of robbery, arson, torture, murder, and revenge. This multifaceted study brings together fifteen...
The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment?s notice. As a result, the ...