Sterling Price’s Confederates advance on Fort Davidson as part of their final attempt to wrest Missouri from Federal control.
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Sterling Price’s Confederates advance on Fort Davidson as part of their final attempt to wrest Missouri from Federal control.
Thomas Ewing, commanding the Federal District of the Border between Missouri and Kansas, issues repressive orders that threaten to escalate the bitter partisan war in the region even further.
William C. Quantrill’s Confederate raiders rampage through Lawrence, the focal point of “Bleeding Kansas” since before the war.
Thomas Ewing incurs the wrath of Confederate raiders operating along the Missouri-Kansas border by targeting their relatives, including women and children.