The lands along the Kansas-Missouri border saw hostilities and violence years before the Civil War officially erupted in April of 1861.
Carried away from his mercantile by war, he finds the brief confl.
Louis, a young merchant decides it is time to cast his lot with the secessionists to defend his home and business.
After the Camp Jackson affair in St.
Those who tried to stay out of the fight were swept away.
People had to choose a side as neutrality was not tolerated by either belligerent.
The lands along the Kansas-Missouri border saw hostilities and violence years before the Civil War officially erupted in April of 1861