The Trans-Mississippi News Volume 3, Number 2 Winter 1998 Published Quarterly by the Camp Pope Bookshop P.O. Box 2232, Iowa City, Iowa 52244 All Material Copyright ©1998 by the Camp Pope Bookshop At long last, David C. Hinze’s book (co-authored by Karen WWHAT’SHAT’S NEW... Farnham) The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Mis- Some articles of interest to the Trans-Miss that have appeared souri, July 5, 1861 (HC, Savas Publishing Co., illus, maps, notes, recently in regional journals are “‘Amidst Trials and Troubles’: bib, ind, dj, 314pp. $24.95, plus $2.50 p/h) is ready for delivery. Captain Samuel Churchill Clark, C. S. A.,” by William C. Winter It looks like an excellent study and a very handsome book. An- in the October 1997 issue of the Missouri Historical Review; “‘A other book, previously announced and now available, is Civil War Most Unusual Gathering’: The 1913 Semi-Centennial Memorial in Texas and New Mexico Territory by Steve Cottrell (PB, Peli- Reunion of the Survivors of Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence,” by can Pub. Co., illus, bib, 141pp. $9.95 plus $2.50 p/h). Richard B. Sheridan in the Autumn 1997 issue of Kansas History. Pioneers of High, Water and Main: Reflections of Jefferson Benton McAdams, longtime friend and customer of the Camp City is a new book published by Ed Ziehmer, dba Twelfth State Pope Bookshop has written an article for the most recent issue of Publishing. The attractive cloth bound book (illus, notes, ind, dj, Civil War Times Illustrated entitled “Unpromising Subjects,” 211pp, $25.00 plus $2.50 p/h) consists of articles written by long which concerns the 37th Iowa Infantry, aka the Graybeards. Ben time Jefferson City, Missouri resident Robert E. Young (1840- sent us a copy of the original article, which is quite interesting, 1904), and published from 1900 to 1901 in the Missouri State based on unpublished letters and archive documents. As you Tribune. Several articles deal with the Civil War, during which know, the Camp Pope Bookshop is at work on a book about the Young served in the Missouri State Guard. Another new book 37th, featuring the letters of Major Lyman Allen and the diaries of with a minor Missouri/Civil War connection is a reprint of the his stepdaughter, who lived off and on in places where the 37th Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke by Genesis Publishing, was garrisoned. PO Box 269, West Jefferson, OH 43162. We have not added this Now officially out-of-print is Charles B. Clark’s and Roger item to our stock, but you can surely order copies directly from Bowen’s University Recruits: Company C, 12th Iowa Infantry the publisher. Regiment USA 1861-1865. The authors have no plans to reprint. Joanne Eakin’s series Confederate Records From the United Phil Gottschalk’s In Deadly Earnest: The Missouri Brigade is es- Daughters of the Confederacy Files continues with Volume 4 sentially out-of-print as we and others have been unable to ac- (PB, Two Trails Publishing, ind, 177pp. $30.00, plus $3.50 p/h), quire copies. The author/publisher is said to be gravely ill and his which covers the names Hardy through Justice. As you recall, phone has been disconnected. J. P. Blessington’s The Campaigns this reference work contains brief biographical sketches of Con- of Walkers Texas Division as published by State House Press is federate Veterans living in Missouri, as collected in 1922 and out-of-print. Bryce Suderow’s book on the Battle of Pilot Knob 1923 by the UDC. When finished, the series will contain informa- Thunder in Arcadia Valley is also out-of-print. The publisher of tion on 7500 men. Previously announced and ready now is Two Thunder hopes to reprint, but can give no date when copies will Trails’ reprint of Thomas L. Snead’s The Fight For Missouri, again be available. We have received word from William R. From the Election of Lincoln to the Death of Lyon (PB, ind, Scaife, author/publisher of several books on the Atlanta Cam- 322pp. $16.95, plus $2.50 p/h), one of the best sources on the paign that his books will no longer be available in paperback for- Missouri State Guard and the first year of the war in Missouri. mat. We still have a few copies of various titles of his in paper- Randall J. Houp, a genealogist from Alma, Arkansas, has pub- back, see our most recent catalog for available titles. lished a massive history, entitled The 24th Missouri Volunteer In- Gary W. Shearer, Adventist Studies Librarian at Pacific Union fantry: “Lyon Legion” (HB, illus, maps, roster, bib, ind, 1040pp, College in Angwin, CA 94508, has written a bibliography entitled $95.00 plus $3.50 p/h). The book, the first ever published on this The Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction in Missouri: A Bib- Union regiment, contains an encyclopedic roster of all the men in liographic Guide to Secondary Sources and Selected Primary the regiment. Sources. This 70 page document contains hundreds of sources, Southern Illinois University has reprinted Reminiscences of a many of which I have never heard of. I have long said that a bibli- Soldier’s Wife: An Autobiography by Mrs. John A. Logan, origi- ography of the Civil War in Missouri was sorely needed, now we nally published in 1913 (PB, illus, ind, 470pp, $19.95, plus $2.50 have one. Mr. Shearer says that copies of the bibliography are p/h). available from him at $7.00, plus postage (he does not indicate Wayne C. Lee has written a study of crime and violence in the exact amount of postage required). You can write him at the Kansas from 1840 to 1932 entitled Deadly Days in Kansas (PB, address above, or call 707-965-6675, or fax 707-965-6504, or e- The Caxton Printers, illus, bib, ind, 127pp. $14.95, plus $2.50 p/ mail to [email protected]. The Trans-Mississippi News is published quarterly by the Camp Pope Bookshop. Subscriptions are $15/year (postage extra on for- eign subscriptions). Send check/MO (payable to: Camp Pope Bookshop) to P.O. Box 2232 Iowa City, Iowa 52245. We also accept Visa/Mastercard. Orders may be placed by Fax (319-339-5964), our toll-free order line (800-204-2407) or via e-mail ([email protected]). Submissions for publication are encouraged. Call or write for a copy our our submission guidelines. h), which naturally covers the Lawrence Raid and other events of Cavalry, by M. Jane Johansson (illus, paperback, 192pp, the Civil War. $20.00, plus $2.50 p/h). This book is based on the author’s dis- Troy Massey of Harrison, AR, has republished his Memoirs of sertation written at the University of North Texas in 1993, for Captain J. M. Bailey in a new 6 x 9 paperback format (illus, which she received the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Dissertation maps, ind, 137pp, $12.00 plus $2.50 p/h). The writer of the mem- Award for Research Achievement. The 28th Texas Cavalry oirs was an officer in the 16th Arkansas Infantry CSA and his war (Dismounted) was in Walker’s Texas Division and was known as experiences include the Battles of Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, “Walkers’s Greyhounds.” It fought in Arkansas, Louisiana and Iuka, Port Hudson, and others. Also new from Troy Massey is Texas, distinguishing itself at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jen- Confederates Buried in Boone, Baxter, Carroll, Newton and kins’ Ferry. Searcy Counties Arkansas (PB, ind, 132pp, $15.00 plus $2.50 p/ Also promised this spring, another reprinting of the scarce h). The book is organized by cemeteries and includes complete History of the 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteers by W. S. Mor- rosters with service records. ris, et al. The original was published in 1902 and was first re- New to us, but apparently available for a number of years is a printed in both HB and PB by Gordon Pruitt of Crossfire Press compilation of articles concerning the Battle of Hartville, Mis- in the early 1990s. These reprints have been op for a long time, souri, which was fought on January 11, 1863. The Battle of Hart- and we’re glad to see the book make a return, although only in ville and Related Events is published by the Wright paper this time. The publisher is Southern Illi- County, Missouri Historical Society and is avail- A word about new books and others nois University Press and the book will be il- able from the Camp Pope Bookshop for $15.00, available from the Camp Pope Book- lustrated and contain 244 pages. They do not plus $2.50 p/h (Comb bound, illus, maps, 153pp). shop: if this is the first time you have indicate in their catalog what the price will seen a copy of The Trans-Mississippi Some titles previously announced and now News you should know that the What’s be, but I would guess under $20.00. If I am ready are the reprint of William Preston Johnston’s New section deals only with new arri- not mistaken, Gordon Pruitt works for the biography of his father, The Life of Gen. Albert vals or books received for review. Southern Illinois University Press. Sidney Johnston: Embracing His Services in the The Camp Pope Bookshop specializes New in May from the University of New Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas in books on Iowa in the Civil War and the Trans-Mississippi theater and we Mexico Press will be The Battle of Glorieta and the Confederate States (HB, State House carry hundreds of titles, many of them Pass, March 26-28, 1862, by Thomas S.