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Kansas City, Missouri: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company.., 1900. Spine lettered in gilt. Cream endpapers with yellow floral designs. Light foxing to the preliminary pages, including title page. Illustrated throughout the text, with 19 pages of portraits at the conclusion. Two of those plates have 1" tears at bottom (paper flaws from the printer without loss of substance).Three early pages have pencil underlining and bracketing, otherwise clean. A well-respected history of Missouri at the time of the Civil War with chapters on Kansas troubles, Battle of Lone Jack, General Sterling Price, Order No.11, Shelby's Raiders, Missouri State Guards. A scarce book in very good condition. This copy is INSCRIBED, SIGNED, and DATED by the author, "To Col. John B. Stone with compliments of the author, W.L. Webb, K.C. Mo., Aug.1, 1900". (See Nevins II,166.). 370pp.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Light Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. Octavo.

Kansas City, Mo: Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co, 1900. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. Small 8vo. 404 pp. 24 plates (including frontispiece), mostly portraits of key characters. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, decorative endpapers. Minor wear to extremities; circular mark on front cover; else a near fine copy. In this work, written from the Confederate perspective, the author describes the conditions contributing to the 487 Civil War battles fought in Missouri, outlining the chief battles, raids, and campaigns. Especial attention is given to the movements of armies. Several chapters are devoted to the successes and failures of the Missouri State Guards. Biographies of key characters are included such as General Sterling Price, General Jo. O. Shelby, General John S. Marmaduke, Colonel Upton Hays, Colonel W.F. Cloud, General Gideon W. Thompson and many others.