Battlefield Dispatches No. 205: 'Broken, Barren & Destitute'

Friday, March 12, 2010

War of any kind, time and place creates a "Broken, Barren and Destitute" landscape and civilian population on, near or in any battlefield or former battlefield. The havoc of war can also create a persistent and successful "civilian" guerrilla resistance which is what occurred throughout Missouri during the Civil War. Very often here in the tier counties of eastern Kansas and western Missouri folks think that the extreme havoc of war was confined to this area. Such is not the case. The immediate repercussions of the war extended from the plains of western Kansas to the southern border of Missouri and to most all points in between. The guerrillas on the western/central plains of Kansas were American Indians who were experts in mounted warfare. The same of course can be said of the Confederate guerrillas in the "Show-Me State"!

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