"Missouri had turned into an almost forgotten quagmire. Politically, as well as militarily, it was a mess. The action, if it could be called such a thing, was to the south in Arkansas. There were raids, of course. There were always raids. In December, Confederate Cherokees under Stand Watie rode into the southern portion of the state. Otherwise, the winter seemed to be shaping up as a rather quiet one.
General John Schofield, commanding the Union Department of Missouri, probably realized he had been in over his head, but was now feeling more or less confident on the military front. At least until spring. Politically, however, it was a different story.
The job of being in command of the Department of Missouri was essentially a political job. True, there were troops to oversee, Rebels to beat back, and maybe even a campaign or two, but the bulk of the work involved convincing various groups of Unionists not to kill each other. In this, Schofield did not excel…"
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completes his initial Union force in 1:72nd scale.
