August Light: Wilson's Creek and the Battle for Missouri

In the early morning hours of August 10, 1861, the rolling hillsides of southwest Missouri echoed with the sounds of fierce combat...The Battle of Wilson's Creek, the second major battle of the Civil War, and the first west of the Mississippi River, marked the beginning of four years of invading armies and ruthless guerilla warfare in Missouri, from St. Louis to modern-day Kansas City...

• Shane SeleyDirector
• Brian Robert RoseWriter

• Cindy AllenRoxanna Ray
• Kathleen AllenRay Children
• John CondraGeneral William T. Sherman
• Danny CoxNarrator
• Raleigh Dean CraigheadThomas Bacon
• Adrienne ElkinsRay Children
• Yvette FordAunt Rhoda Ray
• David GantLieutenant Otto Lademann