The South's Finest: The First Missouri Confederate Brigade from Pea Ridge to Vicksburg
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0942597311 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 271 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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popinjay said Well-Rounded Trans-Mississippi/Western CS Brigade History. From all the western Confederate defeats, the Missouri Brigade must have been the most frustrated of units. Tucker makes a solid case that this particular brigade was the most intrepid unit of the western CS ranks. Overall, one gets the picture that this brigade was the one most often left holding the bag, serving some of the most dangerous and audacious missions of its almost constantly defeated army. Regimental histories often degenerate into c
Tucker has achieved a monumental work. In this book, he has combined battle history with ethnic history; and the study of a military elite with social history from the bottom up The South's Finest is the story of the 8,000 Missourians, mainly Irish, and their growth from farmers into one of the Confederacy's best and most often used combat units. Only about 300 veterans were left in the First Missouri Confederate Brigade by the end of the war so heavily were they engaged. In this book an important component of the Confederacy's war effort in the west finally receives its just recognition."--Martin K. "outstanding scholarship breaking new ground Dr. Tucker r
Book by Tucker, Phillip Thomas