William Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding
Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the
Civil War that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations
west of the Mississippi River. Shea 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, and strategic elements that led to the
fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, he describes a campaign
notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the
most remarkable raid of the Civil War.
