The Third Battalion Mississippi Infantry and the 45th Mississippi Regiment: A Civil War History
By David Williamson.
Description
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. Told as much as possible from the point of view of the private soldier, the book attempts to understand not only the causes of the Civil War, but the social and political factors that motivated the original volunteers to join and continue fighting to the end. The battles...
ISBN(s)
0786416491, 9780786416493
