I'm not sure if I have posted these links before, if I did, it was over a year ago. Some interesting reading, I think.

http://www.nytimes.com/1864/07/21/news/operations-guerrillas-platte-city-captured-burnt-federal-troops-one-half-town.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1864/07/28/news/guerrillas-missouri-movements-thornton-capture-parkville-platte-city-vigorous.html?pagewanted=1