Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-254) and index.
Prologue : the making of a raid : the spectre of Quindaro -- The raid and the pursuit. Of liberation and occupation : Boonville, October 8-13 -- The railroad : Sedalia to Warrensburg, October 14-18 -- The river : Glasgow and beyond the Missouri, October 14-17 -- The third army. Arrival of the Army of the Border : to Lexington and beyond, October 17-20 -- From the Little Blue to the Big Blue : the fight for Independence, October 21 --The Big Blue and the reprise : from Independence to the Kansas line, October 22 -- October 23. Brush Creek : from the mists -- Byram's Ford through Bloody Hill : the late morning -- Across the prairie to Indian Creek : the afternoon into the night -- Union victories. Flight and pursuit : Indian Creek to the Mounds, October 24-25 -- Judgment day : the Mounds, Trading Post, Mine Creek, Charlot, and the Marmiton, October 25 -- Into the Ozarks : to Newtonia and beyond, October 26-31 -- Epilogue : sins of the fathers : November's decision