LEADER 02843nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910456390003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-6602-4 010 $a1-4696-0509-0 010 $a0-8078-9868-6 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007795 035 $a(EBL)475204 035 $a(OCoLC)642661016 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11282238 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10421069 035 $a(PQKB)10345619 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245479 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475204 035 $a(OCoLC)646872637 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23524 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10350287 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007795 100 $a20090316d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFields of blood$b[electronic resource] $ethe Prairie Grove Campaign /$fWilliam L. Shea 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-0989-4 311 $a0-8078-3315-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHindman -- Federals -- Return to Arkansas -- The Boston Mountains -- War of nerves -- Down in the valley -- Cane Hill -- Race to Prairie Grove -- Opening moves -- Artillery duel -- Herron storms the ridge -- Fight for the Borden house -- Blunt saves the day -- Change of front -- Confederate sunset -- Retreat -- Aftermath -- Raid on Van Buren -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Order of battle. 330 $aWilliam Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Shea provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, he describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkab 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aPrairie Grove, Battle of, Ark., 1862 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrairie Grove, Battle of, Ark., 1862. 676 $a973.7/32 700 $aShea$b William L$01030953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456390003321 996 $aFields of blood$92470662 997 $aUNINA