You flatter me. I just wonder when your 1500 page tome of forgotten northern Missouri Civil War history will be published :>) Didn't this start with a long lost diary around Moore's Mill?
The more I learn, the more I understand why Lewis Merrill was so frustrated. Corrupt politicians, Provost Marshal's working for the other side, natives that disappear on a whim, must have been hard to convince the boss everything was in control!