Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Sterling "Old Pap" Price, Missouri Sesech Leader


The Missouri sesech leader Sterling “Old Pap” Price led an invasion of almost 12,000 mounted raiders through Missouri in the Autumn of ‘64 that ate the land up like locusts. Evander Pruitt and the Jayhawks hounded the rebel column into Kansas where farms burned across the prairie and soldiers and civilians alike were killed without quarter. (Chapter XLII)

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