Actually, the only two books that I have read are one book by Thomas Connelly quantrell and the border wars. I also read gray ghosts of the confederacy by Richard Brownlee.
Read about John S. Mosby in Virginia!!!
I am interested in George, Todd, and the men who were with him on October 21, 1864 at the battle of the little blue, outside independence
John Newman Edwards had been on General J.O. Shelby's Staff during the war and a very unreconstructed rebel. He published in his News Paper all of the letters Jesse wrote concerning the " jobs" of the James -Younger gang. Some believe he " polished" the letters or in some cases wrote them himself.
Money was indeed a Partisan , but not of the Missouri variety. One Virginia Partisan that did have Missouri tied was John Hansen " Hance' McNiell who had first served in the MSG at some early engagements was captured and Imprisoned at Grastiot Prison in St Louis. He escaped in 1862 and went to Virginia and was commissionedFor some free reading...
United States Army counter partisan operations in northern Virginia during the American Civil War
Unconventional Warfare in East Tennessee, 1861-1865
Civil neighbors to violent foes: guerrilla warfare in western Virginia during the Civil War
"THEY CANNOT CATCH GUERRILLAS IN THE MOUNTAINS ANY MORE THAN A COW CAN CATCH FLEAS": GUERRILLA WARFARE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA, 1861-1865
Mosby's Rangers and partisan warfare
The Gray Ghost's sanctuary: civilians in Mosby's Confederacy during the Civil War
Irregular warfare in eastern North Carolina during the Civil War
Irregular warfare in eastern North Carolina during the Civil War
thescholarship.ecu.edu
The Nature of Guerilla Warfare in the Heart of 'Mosby's Confederacy'
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Why I didn't include it in my honorable mentions.
It's still called the Border War.
By all means include Three Years With Quantrill by O.S. Barton in your reading list. John McCorckle discusses them in his memoir.
The athletic rivalry between Missouri and Kansas was one of the oldest football rivalries in the country, until Mizzou joined the SEC. I have a friend (a rabid MO Tiger fan) who calls Quantrill's raid on Lawrence "Missouri's most decisive road victory over Kansas."
A very accessible book is an old book called Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders by Virgil Carrington Jones, though it is only on Virginia/West Virginia.
@Booner and I have visited the graves of Al Carter and Buck Collins--a very short distance from where they were killed. There are so many sites of guerrilla activity here in our own backyard, and the history really comes alive for us. We've also traveled through the west central and border counties in search of graves and skirmish sites. I guess this immersion in the guerrilla landscape has fueled our obsession with books on the subject.
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