Series 4: Price’s Raid & Missouri’s Last Confederate Gamble (1864–1865) — Article 2 Pilot Knob reveals Price’s Raid at its bloodiest—Fort Davidson’s desperate defense, a night breakout, and a warning that Missouri would be fought town by town. Pilot Knob Battle and the Fort That Wouldn’t Hold Pilot Knob was not a long campaign. It…

Series 4: Price’s Raid & Missouri’s Last Confederate Gamble (1864–1865) — Article 1 Price’s Raid begins as Confederate forces move out of Arkansas toward Pilot Knob, testing Union control and reigniting Missouri’s war in 1864. Price’s Raid did not begin with one dramatic battle. It began with movement. With a column crossing a border and…

Series 4: Price’s Raid & Missouri’s Last Confederate Gamble (1864–1865) — Introduction Price’s Raid begins in 1864 as the Confederacy’s last gamble for Missouri—an invasion meant to reclaim the state and reshape the war in the West. Price’s Raid was the Confederacy’s last serious attempt to bring Missouri into its orbit. Not with speeches. Not…