So I was reading "Confederate Kentucky-planing thread" by @OldReliable1862 something interesting caught my eye by @Philip Leigh and I figured it would make a good separate thread.
"If McCulloch and Price cooperated instead of going their separate ways after Wilson's Creek, it might have been possible. Instead McCulloch returned to Arkansas with his better-supplied Confederate troops while Price took the Missouri State Guard to another victory at Lexington on the Missouri River. As many as 15,000 additional recruits temporarily flocked to Price's 5,000-man army but ultimately left due to supply shortages.
Taking St. Louis would have required a showdown battle with Frémont. If Frémont were to wait behind entrenchments at St. Louis where he could be resupplied by boats it would have been harder, but he felt it necessary to go after Price following the Union defeat at Lexington."
So I wonder, what would happen next if the combined Confederate army beats Fremont and re-takes st. Luis in late 1861.
"If McCulloch and Price cooperated instead of going their separate ways after Wilson's Creek, it might have been possible. Instead McCulloch returned to Arkansas with his better-supplied Confederate troops while Price took the Missouri State Guard to another victory at Lexington on the Missouri River. As many as 15,000 additional recruits temporarily flocked to Price's 5,000-man army but ultimately left due to supply shortages.
Taking St. Louis would have required a showdown battle with Frémont. If Frémont were to wait behind entrenchments at St. Louis where he could be resupplied by boats it would have been harder, but he felt it necessary to go after Price following the Union defeat at Lexington."
So I wonder, what would happen next if the combined Confederate army beats Fremont and re-takes st. Luis in late 1861.