William Garrett Piston is professor emeritus of history at Missouri State University.
John C. Rutherford is a local history associate at Springfield-Greene County Library.
"Combining extensive research with astute analysis, Piston and
Rutherford's excellent study rescues General John S. Marmaduke's
"First Missouri Raid" from obscurity. Their even-handed narrative
pays tribute to both the long-suffering Confederate raiders and to
their tenacious Union opponents. This work should prompt students
of the Civil War to turn their attention to the Trans-Mississippi
West, where they will discover stories as compelling as the
celebrated raids of Confederate commanders John Hunt Morgan and Jeb
Stuart."
--Jeffrey L. Patrick, Museum Curator, Wilson's Creek National
Battlefield, author, Campaign for Wilson's Creek
"Piston and Rutherford have produced an impressive account of an
important Civil War military action in the Ozarks. If Gen. John S.
Marmaduke's forces had captured Springfield, the ramifications
would have influenced Union and Confederate operations far beyond
the loss of the largest and most important U.S. supply base in the
region. It would have affected Union morale and operations
throughout southwest Missouri, into Northwest Arkansas, up through
Rolla, and to St. Louis. For the Confederates, beyond providing
them a wealth of rations, forage, horses, weapons, and other
military items, it would have reinforced their stature in Missouri,
Arkansas and the Indian Territory (Oklahoma)."
--Richard W. Hatcher III, Historian (ret.), Fort Sumter and Fort
Moultrie National Historical Park, coauthor, The First Shot
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