"This Cruel Unnatural War" by James F. Thoma was first published in 2003 and again in 2006. The first half of this book covers the events of the Civil War in Cooper County, Missouri on a day by day basis format. The events begin with the second land battle of the Civil War which occurred in Boonville, Missouri. Boonville, the seat of Cooper County, is site of four battles during the war. The county is marked by bloody incident after bloody incident as the war turns into one of bushwhacking. Citizens are taken from their Sunday church services, to be later hung on the Lone Elm Prairie. Wives watch as their husband toenails are pulled out with pliers and then murdered. The towns of Boonville, Otterville, Lamine, Bunceton, Gooch's Mill, Palestine, and Pisgah are all sites of bloodshed. The second half of this book contains military service records for thousands of Cooper County residents who served in the Civil War. Besides regular service units, muster rolls for Home Guards, Enrolled Missouri Militia, Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, and County Guards round out the service records; to include thousands of men who answered the call but never received pensions.LC Control No.: 2005273318Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)Personal Name: Thoma, James F. More like this Main Title: This cruel unnatural war: the American Civil War in Cooper County, Missouri / James F. Thoma.Edition Information:1st ed.Published/Created: Kingsport, Tenn.: J. Thoma, 2003.Description:260 p.: ill., maps, ports.; 28 cm.Summary: A day-by-day description of the events of the Civil War in Cooper County, Missouri, taken from local histories, newspapers, diaries, letters, etc.Contents:1861 -- 1862 -- 1863 -- 1864 -- 1865 -- Appendix A: A Compilation of Cooper County citizens who served during the Civil War -- Appendix B: The camp and hospital dead -- Appendix C: Military unit descriptions -- Appendix D: Locality, surname, and military unit index.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Subjects: Cooper County (Mo.)--History, Military--19th century. More like this Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. More like this Cooper County (Mo.)--History, Military--19th century--Sources. More like this Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources. More like this LC Classification: F472.C7 T48 2003Dewey Class No.:973.7/47851 22Other System No.: (OCoLC)ocm52701488Geographic Area Code: n-us-moQuality Code: lccopyc