ever-growing wagon train of looted military supplies and other items ultimately became "an albatross to [his] withdrawal." Price, wrote Davis, ought to have used Confederate bushwhackers to harass Federal formations, forcing his Union foe to send large numbers of troops out to pursue them over wide ranges of territory. This would have reduced the number of effectives available to fight against Price's main force. Instead, Price kept many guerrillas close to his army and even incorporated some into his ranks, which sharply reduced the value of their mobility and small, independent formations. This allowed the Federal generals to concentrate a force large enough to trap and defeat Price at Westport, which ended his campaign, forced him to retreat, and crushed one of the Confederacy's last hopes in the Civil War. References Further reading excerpt and text search Eicher, David J., The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War, Simon & Schuster, 2001, . Foote, Shelby, The Civil War, A Narrative: Red River to Appomattox, Random House, 1974, . Forsyth, Michael J. The Great Missouri Raid: Sterling Price and the Last Major Confederate Campaign in Northern Territory (McFarland, 2015) viii, 282 pp. Sinisi, Kyle S. The Last Hurrah: Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864 (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.) xviii, 432 pp. Smith, Ronald D., Thomas Ewing Jr., Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008), . External links Battle of Pilot Knob. From the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Focuses on Ft. Davidson battle, but includes valuable details on the early portion of Price's Raid. Davis, Dale E. Assessing Compound Warfare During Price's Raid. Ft. Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2004. Assessment of Price's Raid and its failure by a U.S. Army officer. National Park Service Battle Summaries Official Report of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price. Price's official account of his campaign. Report on Price's Raid James Henry Lane wrote this report ca. October 1864 about his role in the campaign against Price's Raid. From the Kansas City Public Library. Clio tour of the major battles of Price's raid. 1864 in the American Civil War 1864 in Arkansas 1864 in Kansas 1864 in Missouri August 1864 events September 1864 events October 1864 events November 1864 events December 1864 events Arkansas in the American Civil War Kansas in the American Civil War Missouri in the American Civil War Campaigns of the Trans-Mississippi Theater