Clearing out a Rebel Camp in Randolph County, Missouri; Grant Prepares for Battle
Eric | January 8, 2012
January 8, 1862 (Wednesday) As secessionist Missouri clung to the fading hope that General Price could retake the state, bands of recruits still flooded towards his main body in Springfield. One of the finest recruiting agents was Col. John Poindexter. He and his 800 Rebels, along with a similar number of raw recruits, had encamped [...]













