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A Day Late and a Dollar Short: The Fate of A. J. Smith's Command during Price's 1864 Missouri Raid

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short: The Fate of A. J. Smith's Command during Price's 1864 Missouri Raid

Major General Andrew Jackson Smith, commanding the Right Wing of the 16th Army Corp, is on his way east to join Major General William T. Shermanâ€™s Atlanta campaign.
The Federal commander in Missouri, Major General William S. Rosecrans keeps hearing reports that Confederate Major General Sterling Price is planning to invade Missouri.
Much to Shermanâ€™s annoyance, Rosecrans convinces the US War Department to divert A. J. Smithâ€™s command into Missouri to counter the Confederate cavalry raid. Smithâ€™s objectives are to bring Priceâ€™s Army of Missouri to battle and destroy it.
This book tells the story of how A. J. Smithâ€™s command is diverted to Missouri to defend the state against Sterling Price. Find out if Smith's operations against Price in the fall of 1864 are successful. Learn about the difficulties in managing a campaign in 1864 Missouri. Understand some of the personalities of the Federal commanders who are the key decision makers in Missouri during Price's raid.

Country	USA
Author	Dick Titterington
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Trans-Mississippi Musings Press
Manufacturer	Trans-Mississippi Musings Press
NumberOfPages	138
PublicationDate	2014-09-24
Publisher	Trans-Mississippi Musings Press
ReleaseDate	2014-09-24
Studio	Trans-Mississippi Musings Press

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