Confederate irregulars sniping at a Union steamboat on the Mississippi River, 1862; from The Illustrated History of the Civil War, Richard Humble, Gallery Books, NY, 1986, p.92

Commander, Second "Steel-Toed" Division,
II Corps, Army of the Mississippi
BG Benjamin Hardin Helm, killed at Chickamauga. Painting by his daughter; brother-in-law to Mary Lincoln. From Voices of the Civil War: Chickamauga, Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA, 1997, p. 106.
The Clinch Rifles of the 5th Georgia Infantry Regiment, photographed May 10, 1861. From The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 305 (Joseph Canole, Jr)

Steel-Toed Division
Lieutenant Colonel Gary Caverly cheng178(at)verizon(point)net
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First Brigade
LTG William J. Hardee of Georgia, author of Hardee's Tactics, western theater corps commander. From The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 340 (Library of Congress)
Sumter Light Guards, Co. K of 4th GA Vols, April 1861; from The Civil War: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey Ward, Ken Burns, Rick Burns, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1990, p. 49

Tennessee-Texas Brigade
Major General John Lindley john.lindley(at)verizon(point)net
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Second Brigade

LTG Leonidas Polk, North Carolina. Episcopal Missionary Bishop for the Southwest. Scanned from The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 341 (Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia)

 4th Missouri Inf Regt battle flag, Van Dorn pattern. From Flags of the American Civil War, 1: Confederate, Osprey Military Series # 252, Reed International Books, Ltd, London, 1992, p. 29

4th Missouri Infantry Regiment battle flag; Van Dorn pattern.
3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment recovers after Shiloh, near Corinth, by Conrad Wise Chapman, a veteran of the regiment. From Shiloh: Voices of the Civil War series, Time-Life Books, p. 159.
Second Brigade
Lieutenant General Lawrence Bertolino Tulane83(at)cox(point)net
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Third Brigade
Brigadier General Adam Rankin 'Stovepipe' Johnson, 1834-1922. Indian fighter, Texas surveyer, and businessman before the war. Captured a Union force at Newburgh, Indiana, in the summer of 1862, using a stovepipe mounted on a wagon to mimic a cannon. Led a brigade in Morgan's Ohio Raid the following year. Accidentally shot by his own men in August 1864, permanently blinding him in both eyes. After the war he was a successful businessman, founded the town of Marble Falls, Texas. One of the last five living Confederate generals. Image: Touched By Fire, William C. Davis, Ed., Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1997, p. 558. Bio: Generals At Rest, Richard & James Owen, White Mane Publishing Co., Shippensburg, PA, 1997, p. 241.
The 'Wigfall Mess' of the 1st Texas Infantry; from The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. (The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond) p. 644
Castle's Engineers
Colonel Evan Castle castle5599(at)alltel(point)net
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Awarded III Corps Service Ribbon for faithful service, 1 November 2004.


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