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.