Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri: Balancing Freedom and Security

by Dennis K. Boman

During the Civil War, the state of Missouri presented President Abraham Lincoln, United States military commanders, and state officials with an array of complex and difficult problems. Although Missouri did not secede, a large minority of residents owned slaves, sympathized with secession, or favored the Confederacy. Many residents joined a Confederate state militia, became pro-Confederate guerrillas, or helped the cause of the South in some subversive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080713693X
• ISBN13: 9780807136935
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"