In the first episode of our series about the Trans Mississippi theater of the American civil war, we looked at the start of the war in Missouri and how the two sides finally clashed in the battles around Boonville and Carthage. In this episode we will finally see how the two armies meet for a full scale battle at Wilson's Creek.

This is our second video on the channel, and part 2 in our series. The next episode will follow the winter campaign of 61/62 and see the lead up to the battle of Pea Ridge.

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We have put a lot of effort into researching this topic, and if you are interested to learn more yourself, here are our sources for the video:
Cutrer, Thomas W., Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition, University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Knapp, George E., Wilson’s Creek Staff Ride And Battlefield Tour [Illustrated Edition], Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014

Knight, James R., The Battle of Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks - Civil War Series, Arcadia Publishing, 2012.

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National Parks Service - The Battle of Wilson's Creek - Stories, https://www.nps.gov/wicr/learn/histor... [16.09.21]

Smith, Sam, Moments in Time - Wilson's Creek, Introduction - Part V, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/ar... [22.08.21]

The Civil War Muse - Skirmish at Dug Springs, http://www.thecivilwarmuse.com/index.... [02.09.21]

Historic Missourians - Claiborne Fox Jackson, https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org... [05.09.21]