This revised edition of the 1993 book is a lively telling of the
Civil War in the Ozarks, which includes areas in southwest
Missouri, northwest Arkansas, northeast Oklahoma, and a small
portion of southeast Kansas. Steele and Cottrell devote a
chapter a piece to each year of the Civil War and a chapter
about events after the Civil War, involving some notable people
from the Ozarks like Jesse James and his gang of outlaws. In the
first few years of the Civil War, the Ozarks saw a lot of action
- major battles like the Battles of Wilsonís Creek In southwest
Missouri (Aug. 10, 1861); of Pea Ridge in northwest Arkansas
(March 7-8, 1862); Prairie Grove, also in northwest Arkansas
(Dec. 7, 1862); and several battles that occurred in and around
Carthage in southwest Missouri. Many people in this area did not
support secession, especially in northwest Arkansas. Unionists,
though, suffered at the hands of both sides. Civil War in the
Ozarks flows very well; neither too dry nor too academic,
general readers will enjoy