"New material by Richard L. Norton." -- Cover. Includes index. Originally published : Kansas City, Mo. : Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co., 1900.

Why they fought --Kansas troubles -- Premonitions of war -- The Camp Jackson Affair -- Lyon declares war -- Campaign of the Missouri State Guards. First great movements -- Price’s Army -- Battle of Wilson’s Creek -- From Springfield to Lexington -- Battle of Lexington -- From Lexington to Pea Ridge -- From Des Arc to Corinth -- From Vicksburg to peace -- The Battle of Independence -- The Battle of Lone Jack -- Newtonia, Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove -- The raids of Marmaduke and Shelby -- The Battle of Helena -- Banks and Steele defeated -- Price’s great raid. From Dardanelle to Lexington -- From Lexington to Westport -- The Battle of Westport -- The retreat -- Order No. 11 -- Quantrell and his men -- The story of Doniphan -- Biographical. General Sterling Price -- Claiborne F. Jackson -- General Jo O. Shelby -- General John S. Marmaduke -- Bledsoe of Missouri -- Colonel Upton Hays -- Other biographies.