Troubled State: Civil War Journals of Franklin Archibald Dick

Buried for years in family files, this important firsthand Civil War account of Franklin Dick's experiences as Missouri assistant adjunct general and provost marshal general gives a new view of politics, power, and divided loyalties in the state of Missouri. It is filled with the intrigue and emotion of major Civil War figures Nathaniel Lyon, Montgomery Blair, John C. Fremont, and Abraham Lincoln, Troubled State is a new resource for library collections, historians and Civil War buffs.