Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, 1862

The author states in the preface of Volume I: "I concentrate on all southern partisan leaders I could identify and many of the Rebel recruiters, and I detail their methods, tactics, and incentives to present the full spectrum of their contribution to irregular warfare. Conversely, I detail the Union counteractions to this southern threat, but I keep the focus deliberately on southern personalities and less so on northern leaders. I mostly keep the focus of the Union combatants at the local level where they actually encountered southern guerrillas or bushwhackers." Books include notes on each chapter, a bibliography, and an extensive index. The author divides the state of Missouri into four sections, including: the northeast, the northwest, the southeast, and the southwest, and discusses the action in those areas and the counties and towns affected within each section. Includes numerous maps and illustrations.