THE CIVIL WAR IN ST. LOUIS; A GUIDED TOUR
St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Item #31715
ISBN: 1883982057
Inscribed by Winter on the title page, "For Bill Henry, with best wishes, William C. Winter." "St. Louis on the eve of the Civil War was a highly volatile mixture of sectional divisions and ethnic tension. A pro-Confederate governor who plotted with Jefferson Davis to seize the city's Federal arsenal, a pro-Union congressman from a powerful political family, a large population of European immigrants, and a long history of mixed feelings toward the 'peculiar institution' of slavery made the outcome of the struggle for control of St. Louis anything but certain." 179 pages with historic photographs, illustrations, maps and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.
Price: $95.00