When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Jim Woodward -F) book bag contextualizes the major 1863 campaigns

contextualizes the major 1863 campaigns in what arguably was Civil War’s turning-point summer

beginning with character assassination by his contemporaries after the war and

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Knight’s 'Valley Thunder' is the first full-length account in more than three decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15

From ash trees to willows

When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Jim Woodward -F) book bag contextualizes the major 1863 campaignsAutumn, 1864. Rebel bushwhackers have seized and looted a small town in Missouri. Wounded and left for dead by his half brother, seventeen year old Owen Wainwright is captured and conscripted by the Confederate Army. As the troops blacksmith, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand: the savagery of General Selbys Iron Brigade, the massacres of Union troops, the bloody battles at Lexington, Westport, and Mine Creek. Against all odds, Owen survives