The Third Battalion Mississippi Infantry and the 45th Mississippi Regiment: A Civil War History

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McFarland, 2004 - History - 445 pages
This is the story of the soldiers of Hardcastle's 3rd Battalion Mississippi Infantry from enlistment to the end of the war. It includes their mid-war incarnation as the 45th Mississippi Regiment and the role they played in Cleburne's fabled division during almost every major engagement of the Army of Tennessee. Twenty battles and skirmishes are covered in detail, highlighted by excerpts from personal diaries. Battles are discussed and analyzed in their strategic context with emphasis on the battalion's role in the outcome, including the specific Federal units they fought against and first person accounts from both sides about what happened.

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Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
1
Shiloh
26
Missionary Ridge and Ringgold Gap
138
Bentonville and Surrender
300
The Annotated Roster of the 3rd Battalion
325
The Samuel Asbury Diary
373
The Captain John Newton Sloan Story
388
Notes
395
Bibliography
425
Index
433
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