Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign

by William L. Shea

Book Overview

William L. Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding fighting at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War, which effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Fields of Blood provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807833150
• ISBN13: 9780807833155
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"