In Deadly Earnest: The History of the First Missouri Brigade, Csa
By Phil Gottschalk.
Description
In this first comprehensive history of Cockrell's Missouri Brigade written in more than a century, Phil Gottschalk vividly documents its combat record second to none among any brigade North or South. At least 40,000 Missourians fought in the armies of the Confederate States of America and nearly two of every three of the 6,000 who fought east of the Mississippi River died in battle or from wounds or disease. Their 40 month of hard service included 13 major battles and 6 sieges in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. The 540 pages of carefully rese...
ISBN(s)
0963113615, 9780963113610
