Dr Mark Geiger on 'Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865'

14 July 2010

In this interview, author Mark Geiger discusses his book about the guerrilla conflict that raged in the state of Missouri during the American Civil War. Geiger gives an overview of the reasons for the extreme violence in Missouri, what made it distinct from other regions in the war. He also provides an insight into parallels with other civil wars and the potential errors that historians can make by overlooking certain types of evidence in their reconstruction of the past.


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