THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK (10 August 1861)
Place: Near Springfield, Missouri
Commanders: Ben McCulloch (CSA)
Franz Sigel (USA)
Nathaniel Lyon (USA)
Sterling Price (CSA)
Engaged Forces: Confederate-11,300; Union-5,400
Casualties: KIA--Confederate-257; Union-223
WIA--Confederate-900; Union-721
MIA--Confederate-27; Union-291
TOTAL--Confederate-1,184; Union-1,235
BOOKS OF INTEREST
Adamson, Hans C. Rebellion in Missouri, 1861: Nathaniel Lyon and His Army of the West. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division, 1961. HG-973.73
Castel, Albert E. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1968. HG,ST 973.742
The Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861: Wilson's Creek Centennial Commemoration, August 10, 1961. Springfield, Mo, 1961. ST-973.73
Brooksher, William R. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995. ST,HG,BU-973.731
Holcombe, R. I. An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Springfield, Mo: Greene County Historical Society, 1998. HG-973.731
Kemp, Hardy A. About Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General, United States Army Volunteers and Wilson's Creek. S.l: s.n., 1978. ST-B
Patrick, Jeffrey L. Campaign for Wilson’s Creek: the Fight for Missouri Begins. Buffalo Gap Press: McWhiney Foundation, 2011. 973.731 (most branches)
Phillips, Christopher. Damned Yankee: The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990. ST,SLAS,HU-B
Piston, William G, and Richard W. Hatcher. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. HG,SLAS-973.731
Rea, Ralph R. Sterling Price: the Lee of the West. Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1959. HG-L B PRICE
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
READING LISTS--CIVIL WAR BATTLES, PT. 1
THE BATTLE OF 1st BULL RUN (aka FIRST MANASSAS)
PLACE: Manassas Junction, Virginia
DATE: July 21, 1861
COMMANDERS
CSA: Pierre G. T. Beauregard
Joseph Johnston
USA: Irvin McDowell
TROOPS INVOLVED
CSA: 32,500 troops available for battle (18, 053 actually involved in the fighting)
387 men killed in action or mortally wounded
1,582 men wounded
13 men captured or missing in action
1,982 casualties total
USA: 35,000 troops available for battle (18,572 actually involved in the fighting)
460 men killed in action or mortally wounded
1,124 men wounded
1,312 men captured or missing in action
2,996 casualties total
BOOKS OF INTEREST
Ballard, Ted. Battle of 1st Bull Run. Washington, DC: Center for Military History, 2007. DO- D114.12: B32/2.
Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1977. ST-973.731
Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2004. HG-973.731
First Manassas. Arlington, VA: Time-Life Books, 1997. ST,MA-973.731
Johnston, R. M. Bull Run: Its Strategy and Tactics. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. ST-973.73
McDonald, JoAnna M. Give Them the Bayonet! A Guide to the Battle for Henry Hill, July 21, 1861. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1999. ST-973.731
McDonald, JoAnna M. “We Shall Meet Again”: the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 18-21, 1861. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 1999. ST-973.731
Nofi, Albert A. The Opening Guns: Fort Sumter to Bull Run, 1861. NY: Gallery Books, 1988. ST-973.731
Rafuse, Ethan S. A Single Grand Victory: The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas. Wilmington, Del: SR Books, 2002. HG-973.731
Roman, Alfred. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War with Mexico, 1846-8. NY: Harper, 1883. ST-973.73302
Wheeler, Richard. A Rising Thunder: From Lincoln's Election to the Battle of Bull Run : an Eyewitness History. NY: HarperCollins, 1994. ST-973.73
PLACE: Manassas Junction, Virginia
DATE: July 21, 1861
COMMANDERS
CSA: Pierre G. T. Beauregard
Joseph Johnston
USA: Irvin McDowell
TROOPS INVOLVED
CSA: 32,500 troops available for battle (18, 053 actually involved in the fighting)
387 men killed in action or mortally wounded
1,582 men wounded
13 men captured or missing in action
1,982 casualties total
USA: 35,000 troops available for battle (18,572 actually involved in the fighting)
460 men killed in action or mortally wounded
1,124 men wounded
1,312 men captured or missing in action
2,996 casualties total
BOOKS OF INTEREST
Ballard, Ted. Battle of 1st Bull Run. Washington, DC: Center for Military History, 2007. DO- D114.12: B32/2.
Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1977. ST-973.731
Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2004. HG-973.731
First Manassas. Arlington, VA: Time-Life Books, 1997. ST,MA-973.731
Johnston, R. M. Bull Run: Its Strategy and Tactics. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. ST-973.73
McDonald, JoAnna M. Give Them the Bayonet! A Guide to the Battle for Henry Hill, July 21, 1861. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1999. ST-973.731
McDonald, JoAnna M. “We Shall Meet Again”: the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 18-21, 1861. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 1999. ST-973.731
Nofi, Albert A. The Opening Guns: Fort Sumter to Bull Run, 1861. NY: Gallery Books, 1988. ST-973.731
Rafuse, Ethan S. A Single Grand Victory: The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas. Wilmington, Del: SR Books, 2002. HG-973.731
Roman, Alfred. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War with Mexico, 1846-8. NY: Harper, 1883. ST-973.73302
Wheeler, Richard. A Rising Thunder: From Lincoln's Election to the Battle of Bull Run : an Eyewitness History. NY: HarperCollins, 1994. ST-973.73
Friday, August 12, 2011
REMEMBERING KEITH
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has run an obit (with color photo) of our friend and co-worker, Keith Zimmer, who passed away on 30 July 2011. Keith is the guy who (singlehandedly) produced the St. Louis Obituary Index that is an invaluable resource for so many of us:
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Here's the link to do a search of Keith's index:
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Click on "Reference and Research," then "Genealogy."
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Here's the link to do a search of Keith's index:
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Click on "Reference and Research," then "Genealogy."
READING LISTS--CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 14
Sterling Price
Confederate Army General
Born: 20 September 1809
Died: 29 September 1867
Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
Price worked as an attorney, businessman, planter, and politician prior to the Civil War.
Politics
Missouri legislator; U.S. Congressman; and Missouri Governor (1853-1857).
Battles & Campaigns
Mexican-American War
Santa Cruz de Rosales (March 16, 1848)
American Civil War
Lexington, Missouri (20 September 1861)
Wilson’s Creek (10 August 1861)
Iuka (19 September 1862)
Pilot Knob (27 September 1864)
Little Blue River (21 October 1864)
Second Battle of Independence (22 October 1864)
Westport (23 October 1864)
Mine Creek (25 October 1864)
Books about Sterling Price
Buresh, Lumir F. October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek. Kansas City, Mo: Lowell Press, 1977. ST 973.737
Busch, Walter E. Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knob: Missouri’s Alamo. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2010. ST,SC 973.737
Castel, Albert E. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1968. HG,ST 973.742
Gifford, Douglas L. The Battle of Pilot Knob: Staff Ride and Battlefield Tour Guide. Winfield, Mo: D.L. Gifford, 2003. HG 973.73
Jenkins, Paul Burrill. The Battle of Westport. Kansas City, Mo: Franklin Hudson Pub. Co, 1906. ST 973.73
Lee, Fred L. The Battle of Westport, October 21-23, 1864. Kansas City (Mo.): Westport Historical Society, 1982. ST 973.737
Peterson, Cyrus Asbury. Pilot Knob: the Thermopylae of the West. New York: Neale Publishing Co., 1914. ST 973.73
Rea, Ralph R. Sterling Price: the Lee of the West. Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1959. HG-L B PRICE
Reynolds, Thomas C., and Robert G. Schultz. General Sterling Price and the Confederacy. St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2009. ST 973.782
Confederate Army General
Born: 20 September 1809
Died: 29 September 1867
Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
Price worked as an attorney, businessman, planter, and politician prior to the Civil War.
Politics
Missouri legislator; U.S. Congressman; and Missouri Governor (1853-1857).
Battles & Campaigns
Mexican-American War
Santa Cruz de Rosales (March 16, 1848)
American Civil War
Lexington, Missouri (20 September 1861)
Wilson’s Creek (10 August 1861)
Iuka (19 September 1862)
Pilot Knob (27 September 1864)
Little Blue River (21 October 1864)
Second Battle of Independence (22 October 1864)
Westport (23 October 1864)
Mine Creek (25 October 1864)
Books about Sterling Price
Buresh, Lumir F. October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek. Kansas City, Mo: Lowell Press, 1977. ST 973.737
Busch, Walter E. Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knob: Missouri’s Alamo. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2010. ST,SC 973.737
Castel, Albert E. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1968. HG,ST 973.742
Gifford, Douglas L. The Battle of Pilot Knob: Staff Ride and Battlefield Tour Guide. Winfield, Mo: D.L. Gifford, 2003. HG 973.73
Jenkins, Paul Burrill. The Battle of Westport. Kansas City, Mo: Franklin Hudson Pub. Co, 1906. ST 973.73
Lee, Fred L. The Battle of Westport, October 21-23, 1864. Kansas City (Mo.): Westport Historical Society, 1982. ST 973.737
Peterson, Cyrus Asbury. Pilot Knob: the Thermopylae of the West. New York: Neale Publishing Co., 1914. ST 973.73
Rea, Ralph R. Sterling Price: the Lee of the West. Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1959. HG-L B PRICE
Reynolds, Thomas C., and Robert G. Schultz. General Sterling Price and the Confederacy. St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2009. ST 973.782
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