Description
This famous memoir by John McCorkle, reissued for the first time, is the best published account by a scout who ""rode with Quantrill."" John McCorkle was a young Missouri farmer of Southern sympathies. After serving briefly in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, he became a prominent member of William Clarke Quantrill's infamous guerrillas, who took advantage of the turmoil in the Missouri-Kansas borderland to prey on pro-Union people.
About the Author
Albert Castel (1928-2014), was a Civil War historian and author of Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
Book Information
ISBN 9780806130569
Author John McCorkle
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Weight(grams) 224g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 121mm * 10mm
McCorkle displayed an unflinchingly violent nature while he participated in raids and engagements including the massacres at Lawrence and Baxter Springs, Kansas, and Centralia, Missouri. In 1865 he followed Quantrill into Kentucky, where the notorious leader was killed and his followers, McCorkle among them, surrendered and were paroled by Union authorities. Early in this century, having returned to farming, McCorkle told his remarkable Civil War experiences to O.S. Barton, a lawyer, who wrote this book, first published in 1914.
About the Author
Albert Castel (1928-2014), was a Civil War historian and author of Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
Book Information
ISBN 9780806130569
Author John McCorkle
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Weight(grams) 224g
Dimensions(mm) 190mm * 121mm * 10mm
