The Battle of Wilson's Creek and the Fight for Missouri
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- While the Battle of Bull Run, also called the Battle on Manassas- the first major battle of the U.S. Civil War- is well known, the second major battle of the war is nearly forgotten. The Battle of Wilson's Creek was the first major battle of the war fought west of the Mississippi and represented the conflicted loyalties of the border states. The History Guy recalls a little remembered battle over control of Missouri.
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I was born and raised in springfield about 10 minutes from Wilson's creek and I have old civil war guns and bullets that my grandfather found buried in the battlefield when HE was a child.
It must be convenient to have a National Battlefield in town. In addition to an important site historically, it is simply a beautiful park.
Awesome!!!
Same here. I've been out to the battlefield, many times. It is lovely, and hard to reconcile the beauty of the place with so much horror and bloodshed.
I grew up in Lebanon and remember a grade school class trip to the battlefield. Best thing about the place was the 3-d map with lights and slightly too loud audio that explained the battle.
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My 3x Great-Grandfather was in a local Arkansas regiment from Benton County, serving his 90 day enlistment. He took part in the fighting at Wilson's Creek as part of a skirmish line. He would go home shortly after the battle, then reenlist in the 16th Arkansas before Pea Ridge. He would fight at Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Iuka, Corinth, and finally be captured at Port Hudson, LA in 1863. He had risen to Captain and would thus not be paroled with the rest of the enlisted men, but taken north to Sandusky, OH to Camp Johnson where he sit out the remainder of the war.
In contrast, my German immigrant ancestors had settled in and around Cole Camp, MO on the western edge of what was known as the "Missouri Rhineland" (as you made mention in your episode on the wine blight). Several relatives had joined the local militia but were beaten by Confederate militia from nearby Sedalia in the Battle of Cole Camp in 1861, allowing Gov. Jackson to escape from a pursuing Gen. Lyon. Then on till the end of the war, Bushwhackers would routinely target the German-American farms for reprisals and raids, forcing my ancestors to take shelter at least once in their root cellar until the raiders had past.
As an aside, owing to the intense rivalry and bloodshed between Missouri and Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas period and the Civil War, Kansas militia cavalry fighting for the Union were called "Jayhawkers". Meanwhile in Columbia, MO, a local pro-Union militia unit was raised in 1864 to protect the town from Sterling Price's raid and were nicknamed the "Missouri Tigers". Despite the two units being Unionist, after the war the names were adopted by the Kansas University Jayhawks and the Missouri University Tigers. They began sports play against each other in 1891 and was quickly nicknamed the "Border War", owing to the historic roots between the two states. The rivalry was legendary, Sports Illustrated calling it the longest running Division I rivalry up until Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012.
I live in Wilson's Township just outside of Springfield, I can't imagine people fought a battle here in the middle of summer. I hike the area regularly and to do it mid summer with thick uniforms and heavy gear would leave a person very spent just getting to the battle. The undergrowth is so thick.
Plus the heat/humidity.
I believe I remember that area was under cultivation at that time so it wouldn’t have been as overgrown as now! That was years ago when you could get guided tours for a small fee. Do they still do that? Many of these places have given that up these days for more out of the way places of interest.
@@catofthecastle1681 It's still a National Battlefield landmark and park. With museum and such. Although the website says with Covid the museum and buildings are closed currently, the park remains open for rec use.
@@nicotti you could just go over to battlefield mall...sit in Air Conditioned cafe and sip a latte coffee served to you by someone ( girl or boy ....not sure ) with orange hair .
People were tougher back then. They had to be to survive.
Missouri had a long and bloody Civil War history ,which so many people have forgotten about. Major-General John S. Marmaduke on one of his campaigns passed through the farm where I now live. There is a spring here that has a stone basin built around it where we think he and his troops stopped to water horses and camp. Sadly it is now so overgrown in trees and brush. On one remembers this little bit on history on my farm.
One of my Great, Great Grandfathers was a 1st Lieutenant in the 10th Missouri Cavalry(CSA), severely wounded toward the end of the war, but survived. Later moved to Arkansas after the war. Thanks for this History Guy!
Glad the country he fought against survived.
@@kloss213 So am I. He did have a lot of grandsons, great grandsons and great great grandsons, even great great great grandsons to have served under the stars and stripes, including me!
Another winner from the history guy!
I feel like I get to attend my favorite class several times a week hopefully for the rest of my life LOL!😁👍
🙌 Exactly!!! Perfectly said!
I recently went to Springfield to evacuate from hurricane Laura. This was one of my first spots to visit, the park is absolutely beautiful. The center was under renovation but you can still walk around the entire park.
I actually fought in this battle. Well, a re-creation of this battle, in 1999. Thanks History Guy! This was a nice treat to enjoy on my birthday!
@@ColonelHoganStalag13 It was a fun experience for me too. Living like a soldier in the woods for a week and engaging in "battle" each day gives a person a good perspective of what these men went through. I'd have never made it LOL
@@TheWeatherbuff A lot of people wonder how they'd do in warfare. I'd do great, until I died.
Growing up in the South, we studied many major battles and events of the Civil War. When I later moved north, I was surprised how little time was spent on Civil War issues other than the major one. Thank you for not letting us forget these details.
Thank you for this! I’ve always felt the war in Missouri and the Missouri/Kansas border war doesn’t receive enough attention. There were skirmishes from 1856 to 1866 which makes it seem like it’s own war altogether. I inherited personal papers from two gg grandfathers, one a Union Captain and the other a bushwhacker with Quantrill (Houx). It was so multifaceted and complex. And very, very ugly.
In Lexington Mo. there is still a Civil War cannonball lodged in the marble pillar of the courthouse! It is a amazing sight!
Thanks for another insightful video.
I found this especially close to the heart.
My relatives homesteaded near Springfield.
I am the direct descendant of a young teenager girl who had 2 brothers that fought on both the Union and Missouri Militia Side.
According to family history she went to the battlefield to bring water to each side while looking for her brothers.
One of the Brother's rifled musket and a Colt revolver were passed down through each generation.
My grandfather ( born in 1900) took me to the battlefield several times before he passed when I was 10 years old in 1968.
I will soon pass the Colt down to the next generation.
On my mother's side of the family was a member of the Illinois Calvary.
I also inherited his saber.
I passed the saber to one of my nephews. The other will get the Colt when he is old enough to appreciate it.
Thank you and cheers
We lived in Springfield for thirteen years and I worked nearly as long at a location on West Battlefield Rd. We never visited the Wilson's Creek battlefield museum but I understand it was also the site of one of the very last battles of the war as well.
Our experiences there certainly confirm the contentious nature of people in the area. You can find people of all different persuasions still living cheek-to-jowl down there.
Those Ozark "bushwhackers" you mention were a partcularly vicious bunch and locally known as "baldknobbers." It was several years after the war was over that their reign of terror could finally be ended. There's a famous historical old family comedy troupe in Branson known as the Baldknobbers now.
Thanks for this very detailed description of how that first battle came about and was fought.
It certainly sounds like the character of the area I remember.
My g3-grandfather fought under General Price in the Missouri State Guard. Two of his sons, my g2-grandfather being one, fought for the Union in and around St. Louis. I don't know if they specifically fought at Wilson's Creek, but it seems likely as all three have service records starting in 1861. None of them were killed or injured during the war, but shortly after the war (1868), my g3-grandfather left Missouri for Colorado, which at the time really was the wild, wild west. I don't know if the sons ever spoke to their father again as they stayed in Missouri. This is one of the real forgotten costs of the Civil War.
Great to see another video of exemplary quality! I visited the Wilson's Creek Battlefield Park just three years ago and it was an amazing place, with well-marked areas of the battlefield to show not only where military units were, but also the few civilians' positions of where they were caught in the middle. Will you be covering Pea Ridge soon? I think that is a battle that really changed the course of the war, as one of the few military genius's of the conflict, Samuel P. Curtis, defeated one of the Confederacy's worst generals, Earl van Dorn. It also highlighted how numerically inferior forces could defeat their opponent if they had good ground, capable leaders, and effective fighters.
Matthew Kuchinski good points. Pea Ridge was a very impactful visit for me. The Confederate march from Ft Smith and then their entrapment in the rocky hills
Terrible scene.
The price of the Civil War was so brutal.
Never too old to learn something new. Thanks for the insight.
When you learn about the Civil War, or any major war, you normally only learn about a handful of major battles. It is amazing how many minor or lesser known battles, some with thousands of casualties on both sides, get forgotten.
I went to Wilson’s creek battlefield two years ago thanks history guy!
I also lived about 10 minutes from Wilson's Creek in the Wanda Grey neighborhood. My wife is a descendant of James H. McBride, who commanded the 7th Division during the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Thank you for doing this. I've enjoyed many of your histories, but this one held special significance for us.
Wilson's Creek is just a mile from my house, I just heard about this about a week ago and now you did your video on it. I didn't realize I was moving to a historical area. Nice 👍
Neat! You're talking about Springfield, MO, and I'm an American living in rural Japan in a city called Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture...which is the sister city to Springfield MO. How cool!
If you make it over to Tatebayashi tell the folks I said hi!
Love the channel. Keep up the good work our public schools have given up on.
You should do a show on the Kansas -Missouri boarder war. It started years before the Civil War and is still felt today. (Kansas Jayhawks vs Missouri Tigers)
Randy Solberg Yes. The Border War started with “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850’s when settlers from Missouri clashed with Freestaters, abolitionists from New England. John Brown was an abolitionist who hacked five unarmed Missouri settlers to death with a sword. The Missouri settlers burned Lawrence to the ground in an incident before the Civil War and the more famous Quantrill’s Raid that accomplished the same thing. The Civil War was just a cover for opportunists on both sides to seek revenge, steal, loot, pillage, commit atrocities and settle scores. Nobody who took part was innocent. Similar activities took place in what was Yugoslavia during WW2...two ancient enemies taking advantage of the fog of war.
The first Mizzou Kansas football game was in 1891, only 26 years after the end of the Civil War so there were plenty of Kansans and Missourians, most notably on the western side of the state, who held grudges. When KU named their mascot the Jayhawks, Missourians were incensed, but when the KU football players started wearing red stirrups, in emulation of the infamous Red Legs, and only for games against Mizzou, Missourians instantly hated KU. Mizzou named their mascot after the Columbia Tigers, which was a local home guard militia that was organized to defend Columbia against “Bloody Bill” Anderson, who had threatened to burn Columbia down, the same as when he and Quantrill had burned down Lawrence. It didn’t help matters when “Dixie” was made Mizzou’s fight song until 1949, and Confederate flags were displayed by Mizzou fans until flags were banned in 1970. I always enjoyed the story about Mizzou running up the score in a game against KU that Mizzou won 69-20, and the KU coach, “Pepper” Rogers said that “he gave the MU coach, Dan Devine, the two-fingered ✌️ peace sign, and “Quantrill” Devine only gave half of it back.”
I’ve been told by fans about how rabid some other college rivalries are, and the look of disbelief comes over their faces when I explain the college version of the Border War and how it all started. I never skip the part about how “Bloody Bill” Anderson would scalp his victims and display the scalps on his horse.
Every other college rivalry pales by comparison.
@@11thstalley96 very interesting
@@11thstalley96
Yeah, the Red River rivalry between U Texas and U Oklahoma seems tame indeed.
Tho I've seen horns fans rip the chrome off sooner's cars in the 60s.🤘🤠
Among people of a certain age it's not just about the sports teams either kiddo
@@11thstalley96 Archie Clement was The one who primarily took the scalps for Bloody Bill, in union words “Bill Anderson's scalper and head devil." Archie was only 5ft tall and 15 when the war started. When a union posse finally tracked him down in 1866 and mortally wounded him in his final moments he was trying to cock his revolver with his teeth. The union posse said they saw anyone die with more grit then “little devil” Archie
I am heading to this battlefield next week,, thank you for your help as I roam another one of our solemn battlefields......
Fast forward to 8/25/22,, I finally visited the battle field today and it's well worth your time and effort. The visitor's center is great and the battle field is well maintained and marked. There are several walking trails to do if you have the time so plan ahead. I have been to many battle fields and Wilson's Creek is well worth your time to see and let yourself get lost in a time long long ago,,,,,,,,,, DO IT!!! :) :)
Awesome history lesson! And finally, a bit on Pea Ridge... Growing up there I have been keenly interested in the battle and it's significance in the Civil war. While Bull Run and others get all the interests, it was battles like Wilson Creek, Pea Ridge & Prairie Grove that gave the Ozarks it's rich history.
Love this video and I'll probably watch it several times more. As a Missourian the history of Missouri in the Civil War fascinates me. One year for college spring break i went with some fraternity brothers on a civil war battlefield tour of MO and Pea Ridge in AR.
This battle is featured in the award winning novel "Rifles For Watie" by Harold Keith. He actually interviewed some of the still living survivors and their relitatives. General Stand Water was a Cherokee who fought for the south.
In our ‘Whites need to feel guilty now for things their ancestors did’ PC attitude today forgets how many slaves were owned by the Oklahoma tribes and how many Cherokee and Choctaw fought for the south.
My parents were from Springfield and I've lots of relatives there. I've always heard that Wilson's Creek was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War -- at least by the percentage of casualties on both sides. I've also thought the highest ranking officer to survive the battle on the Union side was a lieutenant. Is any of this true, or is it my "Mark Twain memory"?*
*- Mark Twain once said "When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened."
overall bloodiest was Shiloh (largest number of dead & wounded)
And yes, Wikipedia says a general and a major were at least amongst the survivors. But then THG also got things wrong... the losses were NEARLY equal, both lost about 1200-1300 people with the Union only getting 10 more killed (277 : 287) but almost 100 less wounded (943 to 845) the rest is missing/captured soldiers.
@@Ugly_German_Truths "Largest NUMBER of dead & wounded" is NOT the same as "highest PERCENTAGE of casualties".
Never has this been more relevant. Kudos.
Amazing character lines. I've walked the trails, fields, and battle sites and have always felt the irony of the tranquility and peace of such a beautiful piece of ground could hold such bloody history. Well done!
I live near the Manassas Battlefield park (Bull Run) and within an hour of the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Chancellorsville and a small skirmish where my great-great grandfather was wounded, the Battle of Elee’s Ford. Far too many have history right under their noses as they drive by it twice daily and still don’t know anything about what happened right on that very spot. I did not find out about my relations involvement at Elees Ford until 4 months after my kids and I launched our kayaks from the very spot of the battle. Thanks for another entertaining and informative video.
I've been here several times and this is the best description of the battle I have heard. Thank you.
I have seen a dramatic change in your opening credits. Sufictaced and well produced it you have taken your program to a new level. I enjoy and your decoration to excellence.
I have lived in Springfield Mo. For a long time and never heard this good of an explanation of this before. Thank you.
I lived in Springfield for three years. I visited the battlefield often. The history behind the battle fascinates me.
Add up 1 more Great 1 for THG. Keep them coming THG. You are making huge difference to our young kids.
Yeah this is where the James brother got their outlaw training. Riding with William Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson.
I was wondering about that. On a sweet home I know about it is the film The Long Riders. I kept wondering if THG was going to mention them & the red legs
@@HM2SGT I've not seen that one. I've seen a different film of the same subject called Ride With The Devil and enjoyed it albeit a bit more methodical if i remember correctly .(it's been several years) I think I'll have to go watch them both now
The house Quantrill was born was on the block I lived on as a kid in Dover, Ohio. It's rare to meet a person who even knows who Quantrill was.
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I grew up knowing about this Battlefield , and had at least two class field trips to it.
Yup me too lol
Springfield guy here. Glendale highschool 2012. Love seeing locals here!
From california. Never even heard of this battle until i read some history books at a local library.
I just moved to southern Missouri five years ago. This was extremely interesting. I still see confederate flags all over the place when you drive around in the country.
Now we need to learn about the battle of Pea Ridge!
SPI fan?
I have a cannon ball from Pea Ridge. And I know next to nothing about the battle.
Awesome episode. My great-great grandfather fought at Wilson's Creek. His saber is one of my prized possessions.
I was raised in Shepherdstown WV minutes away from Sharpsburg and Harper's Ferry so I grew up saturated with history of the War Between The States and the Eastern campaigns but I learned an incredible amount of new knowledge about the Western war in the last 15 minutes
The only bushwhacker to write an autobiography of what he did during the Civil War was Sam Hildebrand. He operated in southeast Missouri. He is said to have eighty notches carved into his rifle that he called “Old Kill Devil.” His autobiography is stunning, and his life is history that should not be forgotten.
Cole Younger wrote an autobiography.
My ancestor, W H Gregg (William Henry) was in the Bushwacker group of William Quantrill. One of the original members, and served for 3.5 years with this Partisan Ranger troop. Then he was absorbed into General Joe Shelby's regulars when he requested leave to get married - and went down to Mexico with them after the war. He was close friends with the James boys and Cole Younger, as well as Elias Dalton. He came back to Missouri in 1867/8 asked for a pardon and became a sheriff in the KC area, where he was from. He wrote his memoirs and published it in the early 1900's, called an Unembellished Account of A Partisan Ranger, or something close to that. In most every photo of Quantrill's Reunions he is on the left side of the man holding Quantrill's photo, while the right side is Cole Younger
I didn’t realize that. I’ll have to read it.
The Sam Hildebrand autobiography is astonishing.
My great great great grand daddy killed 700 men with a wooden spoon while listening to Pantera on his Ipod
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I'm glad you mentioned the battle of Lexington(Battle of the Hemp Bails). I think it too would be history that deserves to be remembered.
I was a cadet at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington and we did a staff ride (were senior cadets would recount the battle to the"new boys"). It was really cool to learn as I now have a history degree as well and it tide into the history of the school and town.
I had relatives that lived a block from Wentworth who were well known in Lexington( last name Bell).
I visited the battlefield at Wilson's Creek about 6 years ago when I was visiting my sister-in-law in Springfield. On my way out we visited the national cemetery in Mound City, Illinois to see the grave of one of my ancestors who died during the war. It was a very educational trip and history that deserves to be remembered.
I love your videos! Thank you for investing time into these things most people would never even think about. History is to be remembered always. Lest we make the same mistakes in the future. Thanks history guy
Mr. History Guy: I have at least two ancestors who fought on opposing sides of the Wilson's Creek battle. The northern ancestor was a Union army surgeon. The southerner was an infantryman. They both survived the battle.
A story of the Civil War little known until today. Thanks THG.
I have an engineering firm in NE Missouri and once worked on Sterling Price's house in Keytsville. One of his descendants made a fortune in California and retired to Missouri to totally restore Price's house, located south of town on the Chariton river. He spent $ 30,000 just to stabilize the front lawn.
As a Civil War nerd I’m glad to see this theater of the war get some coverage.
How can anyone give a dislike to your show ?
I have a feeling it's the long paid promotions. It feels like long ads, and less content.
The incredibly long ad caused me to dislike.
History Guy deserves to be subscribed to.
Dear History Guy,
This particular episode is a very fine addtion to your burgeoning body of work at RUclips. Being from the KC area, I did not understand the role Missouri played in the Civil War era. My sincerest thanks to you for this and all your fine works. Please consider this an open invitation to the Barbeque restaurant of your choice if ever you visit these parts!
- MAA
Went by the area of Wilson's creek last year but was unable to take the tour of the area. I live not far from Lexington, and of course have heard of the "Battle of the Hemp Bales" and see the cannonball (replica: original is removed and kept in a museum) lodged in the Courthouse pillar, but am only recently learning specifics on local battles. Most interesting, this episode.
I've lived in this area my entire life. It's great to see it being shared.
Awesome to see one about my state! You should contact the White River Historic Society about doing a video on the Baldknobbers. They have a lot of wonderful Missouri historical information and memorablia
New to MO as of about a year and a half ago, and new to these videos as of about 6 days now. These are very well researched and presented with a strong emphasis of the people involved and the human, personal struggles involved. Edited - Needed to add another word, passion. Republic is less than 20 mins from me and I'll be visiting this very soon. I also recommend the video our friend the History Guy has done on Jack Ruby. Very well done as every one I've seen has been. My thanks.
Super fantastic show. Precisely what I didnt know I needed in my life. Please try a slightly longer format, like 30mins.
You never cease to give satisfaction. Well done.
Thank you for the very interesting and informative article as I grew up running around in Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma and Kansas ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your research or adventure takes you next ! Doing well here in Kansas .
I always loved going to Wilson's Creek as a kid for school field trips. I really think its where my love of history started. Great video, love the channel. Thank you sir!
I lived in Campbell, MO for a time and heard several stories about people who dug up buried civil war soldiers while gardening. My 6th grade science teacher had two human skulls in his classroom supposedly found in such a way.
Awesome video!!! Was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, from 1988-1992 while in the US Army. FLT is about an hours drive from Springfield/Wilson's Creek. Visited battlefield many times, as well as the battlefields of Pea Ridge, Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove in Arkansas - battles that essentially kept Missouri in the Union. Been to the battlefields in Lexington, Carthage, Newtonia, Ironton (Fort Davidson), Cole Camp, Independence/Westport/Big Blue River and numerous other smaller battlefields in Missouri. Also been to Mine Creek in Kansas. Kansas also has some of the pre-Civil War battlefields preserved as well. Missouri Civil War battlefields are some of the best preserved in the nation and are well maintained/marked, regardless of their size.
Thank you for the information on the Battle of Wilson's Creek. I have visited this site along with The Battle of Pea Ridge.
I Was There once. Beautiful Cemetary with all the Graves Close By. Well Worth a Visit. See the General’s Grave. Also. Young Pilot from Springfield who volunteered to Fly with the RAF in WW1.
Enjoyed watching !
I've lived in Missouri for the majority of my life. I've never heard this story before. Mostly, in my area, we talk about the invasion of the Jayhawkers from Kansas and the massacre at Osceola and the burn zone that displaced nearly 2000 families. I have heard of the battle of Wilson's Creek, but never knew much about it.
Blinkist here I come. Thankyou History Guy. The smartest thing about my phone!
As a Limey, and not being taught this in history classes at school so many years ago, I do find this very interesting. I think my knowledge of the US Civil War comes from "The Good, Bad, and Ugly", North wears blue and is anti-slavery, South wears grey and is pro-slavery. We are never to old to learn and learning from history is crucial.
@david edbrooke-coffin That is truly ABSURD. Give it up: Slavery had been an issue since before the Declaration of Independence., and contention over it is what drove the USA into Civil War. Don't believe me? Ask Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the CONFEDERACY, what the war was about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech. Here, I'll save you the trouble and give you the juicy part (i.e. the part that shows the REPUGNANT TRUTH about the South and why it seceded). The speech was called the Cornerstone Speech. And what was that cornerstone? I'll let Stephens take it from here: "Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery-subordination to the superior race-is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
😹 Surin, to be honest, most Americans haven't gotten past that grossly oversimplified version themselves!
"too old"*
@david edbrooke-coffin is that why the letters of succession of most the states mention slavery as a major cause? You know, before the war actually started... Stop with your revisionist bullshit.
@@benderrodriguez142 Thank you.l Precisely! Stop this 'noble cause' revisionism indeed! Makes me sick.
Thank you for your wonderful content.
Love the Videos. The camp Panting at 10:45 was of the 3rd Kentucky CS at Corinth MS. Worked great in the Vid but had to shout out to a paining of my ancestors unit!!!!! Keep up the great work.
Thanks Mr. Guy, I live in Springfield Mo and both sides of my family lived along the Missouri Kansas border before and during the war. Dark days indeed. One thing I found interesting is what effects are caused on an area where two armies arrive and for weeks consume all the resources, food, horses, hay, you name it.
It's one of the best historical counts where the human cost of maintaining neutrality proved much greater in the long term, than choosing one side or another.
I thoroughly enjoy your videos. It would be awesome to watch a video about Daniel Boone or a video about his first adventure to Kentucky’s bluegrass region! Keep the uploads coming, great stuff!!!
Loved this video like always! Since you often do less known topics, would you be interested in doing a video about Walther Wever, the one strong proponent of strategic bombing in the Luftwaffe before world war two. He is quite a fascinating case and the luftwaffe would have probably looked alot different if he hadnt died in a freak plane accident. No idea if there is enough on him to do a video about though.
Gotta love hearing about events only 20 minutes from you where you grew up
Thanks for the great content, I have never heard any of that before.
Another great episode Professor!
I live close to the center of MO so actually this hits close to home. Gasconade County is long and narrow with the north end being at the Missouri River with a German town there. Our towns have "fueded"since the Civil War because of Hermann helping the north. I myself had more than 20 family members on EACH side in the war...just from my father's side!
As a fellow St. Louisan, I’ve always wondered why this part of the Civil War is not covered in history class in school.
Because it is a bit confusing. It isn't like our history courses have been all that rigorous at the K-12 level, but there is a level of complexity that makes this part of it harder to understand.
Things I did not know about the Civil War! And as an Iowan, no less! Thank you for filling in a glaring hole in my education.
Excellent general overview, thank you.
I liked that Sir Lance, a lot.
Discussion of Missouri in the ACW is incomplete without a discussion of Kansas as well. Also, the labor intensive crops, such as Hemp, were concentrated along the river in the middle of the state and many of the Southern leaning counties were there and even north towards Moberly. The land south of the river, up against the Ozark Range, esp. to the east, was home to a number of communities of German immigrants who were staunchly Union...in some ways the geography of MO was a mirror of that of the rest of the Country to its east. The troubles in KS/MO began before the ACW and lasted long after it ended. Nat. Lane's Dirty Redlegs and the many bands of bushwackers such as Wm. Quantrill fought savagely, and many of their families paid for it.
Thanks for covering this.....
Do an episode on Maj. Sam Hildebrand (CSA). The deadliest bushwacker of the US Civil War, and almost entirely forgotten. His rifle, named "Kill Devil" (which used to reside with the St Louis PD), has nearly 100 notches carved in it.
Hi, I just "found" your channel and I love it! Thank you for this. I wondered if you had anything in the works or have done an episode about the Battle of Athens in 1946?
That explains a lot. I live about half way between Rolla and Springfield and heard about the battle from my brother in law.
You should do a series on forgotten and unsuccessful coups. I feel like it could bring some hope right now.
Fascinating. Wonderful just listening
Wonderful informative video and the comments are outstanding
thanks
Great video, I know the late Ed Bearss wrote a small book about the battle. Missouri role in the civil war is almost completely forgotten in the modern study of the civil war. A fun fact is that you can go to Texas and visit the state capital of missouri
A video about the Battle of Pea Ridge is a must for a fallow up.
Interesting battle. It was one of the few large battles that did not take place close to a river or rail road.
It was fought in winter, under harsh conditions.
It secured Missouri for the Union.
Two Cherokee rifle regiments fought for the Confederacy.
thanks for the video!
I live in Missouri, equidistant between Springfield and Rolla. It's no wonder that so many "Incidents" took place in Missouri. This is a rugged area , crisscrossed by countless streams and rivers with an infinite number of high grounds and valleys, and heavily forested. Guerilla warfare was the norm, with the postwar moniker "the Outlaw State" being applied. Sounds like landlubber pirates' to me
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Excellent episode.
I get the impression that war in Missouri was more vicious, personal. Other theaters in the ACW were ‘normal’ battles between two nations, but in Missouri they really got an ax to grind with one another, like a harsh bar fight, broken bottles and smashed chairs bonanza
Thank you very much for these! I am glad I found this channel.
Have you talked about, or considered, Red Adair and how he invented Oil Well Fire Fighting? He was the inspiration for the John Wayne movie "Hellfighters"
My wife and I wish you much success, and a bountiful rest of the year.
-Will
A country in transition held together by one man's resolve....Such as it was all those many years ago....Thanks once more excellent...!
Great show, thanks for sharing.
My mom worked for Sterling Price III in the 1950s. My G, G,G grandpa was bushwhacked by his neighbor Major Livingston. Family was from Carthage area.