With the goal of sketching "at least some of the bright lights and
dark shadows of the war, " William Baxter authored his regional
classic, Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, in 1864, before the actual
end of the Civil War. Primarily focusing on the civilians of the
region, Baxter vividly describes their precarious and vulnerable
positions during the advances and retreats of armies as Confederate
and Federal forces marched across their homeland. In his account,
Baxter describes skirmishes and cavalry charges outside his front
door, the "firing" of his town's buildings during a Confederate
retreat, dashes between secessionist and Unionist neighbors, the
feeding of hungry soldiers and the forceful appropriation of his
remaining food supply, and the sickening sight of the wounded
emerging from the Prairie Grove battlefield.
Since its original printing, this firsthand account has only
been reprinted once, in 1957, and both editions are considered
collectors' items today. Of interest to Civil War scholars and
general readers alike, Baxter's compelling social history is
rendered even more comprehensive by William Shea's introduction.
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove is a valuable personal account of the
Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West which enables us to better
comprehend the conflict as a whole and its devastating affect on
the general populace of the war-torn portions of the country.
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