A Small but Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia

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A unit that saw significant action in a number of the engagements of the Civil War’s eastern theater.
 
Until this work, no comprehensive study of the Florida units that served in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) had been attempted, and problems attend the few studies of particular Florida units that have gave the impression. Based on more than two decades of research, Waters and Edmonds have produced a study that covers all units from Florida in the ANV, and does so in an objective and reliable fashion.
 
Drawn from what used to be then a turbulent and thinly settled frontier region, the Florida troops serving in the Confederacy were never a lot of, but they had the good or bad luck of finding themselves at the most important points in several significant battles such as Gettysburg where their conduct continues to be a source of contention. Additionally, the study of these units and their service permits an examination of important topics affecting the Civil War soldier: lack of supplies, the status of folks at home, dissension over civilian keep an eye on of soldiers and units from the quite a lot of Confederate states, and widespread and understandable problems of morale. In spite of the appalling conditions of combat, these soldiers were capable of the highest courage in combat. This work is the most important contribution to the record of Lee’s troops, ever a topic of intense interest.

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