The South's Finest : The First Missouri Confederate Brigade from Pea Ridge to...

Description: The South's Finest chronicles one of the best remaining untold stories of the Civil War. The First Missouri Confederate Brigade earned the most distinguished record of any comparable unit. Yet, earlier historians have ignored its accomplishments during some of the most strategically important engagements of the war. Significantly, they had major roles from their first battle at Pea Ridge in early 1862 to their last at Fort Blakeley in April 1865. The Missouri Brigade maintained its superior level of performance from Pea Ridge through combat at Corinth, Grand Gulf, and Port Gibson. After helping to save the Confederate army opposing Grant at Champion Hill and again at Big Black River, the Missourians were given an important and dangerous role during the defense of Vicksburg. Serving as a strategic reserve, bolstering any threatened sector, they saw the hardest fighting of the siege. Many reasons explain the Missouri Brigade's absence from previous histories. Its high casualty rate in almost every engagement left few survivors to perpetuate the Brigade's deeds. Less than one in five survived to return to Missouri at the war's end. Also, post-war migration out of their state left too few veterans to form a powerful Confederate veterans' organization which could preserve the achievements of those warriors in gray. Thus, The South's Finest fills a void in Civil War and Southern historiography, correcting earlier military histories and enriching our understanding of the human dimension of our country's greatest tragedy. Cover Illustration Champion Hill: Bowen's Counterattack of May

Price: 29.75 USD

Location: Norco, Louisiana

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