Leonard, thanks for your support. Regarding Monks, I'm not particularly knowledgable about him. The University of Arkansas Press published the reprint of Monks' autobiography seven or eight years ago, with Lou Wehmer and John Bradbury editing it. A dozen or so years ago when I began researching the war in Missouri John and Lou were the first -- literally -- Missouri historians/researchers I came into contact with. Both are quite knowledgeable about the war in Missouri, particularly in the southern part of the state. They sometimes monitor this board, and have a website on the Monks book here -- http://www.colonelmonks.com/