Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign

William 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 remarkable raid of the Civil War.

Author: William L. Shea
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/01/2013
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.03w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781469609898
ISBN10: 1469609894
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military | United States