Film, Video Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865

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Title
Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865
Summary
Mark W. Geiger describes how, during the Civil War, planters in the border state of Missouri had bet on the South's victory and that the financial scheme they devised had backfired. The resulting collateral damage to the state's pro-Confederate citizens set off a series of worsening consequences that ultimately cost thousands of people their property and many, their lives.
Event Date
November 03, 2011
Notes
-  Mark W. Geiger is a Kluge Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center and an honorary research fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He received his BA from Carleton College and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Before entering academia, he worked in industry, primarily in financial services.
Related Resources
John W. Kluge Center: https://www.loc.gov/kluge/
Running Time
45 minutes 52 seconds
Online Format
video

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