Confederate artillery battery in action, by veteran Confederate artilleryman William Sheppard. From The American Heritage New History of the American Civil War, narrative by Bruce Catton, ed. By James McPherson; Viking Penguin Press, NY, 1996, p. 259

Third Division,
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Major General John Sappington Marmaduke, educated at Yale, Harvard, and West Point (Class of 1857), shown in West Point Uniform. Post war Missouri governor. From The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 288 (Louisiana State University, Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Baton Rouge) Flag of Company A, 23rd Mississippi, which had been organized in 1861 by Captain J.C. Blount. Carried at Shiloh in the attack on McClernand's division. From Voices of the Civil War: Shiloh, Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA, 1996, p. 49
Company H, the Hempstead County Rifles of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry, photographed in Arkadelphis, Arkansas, in June 1861. Regimental commander was John R. Gratiot. Armed with a mix of weapons, this regiment was severely damaged in its only battle at Wilson's Creek, after which it was reorganized and redesignated. From Blue & Gray, Special Issue Wilson's Creek, October 1996, p. 14. Original source: General Sweeny Museum, Republic, Missouri.
Third Division
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Second Brigade
Tennessean BG Ben McCulloch, commander of Arkansas troops at Wilson's Creek. Went to Texas with Davy Crockett in 1835. Killed in action at Pea Ridge, March 1862. From The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 284 (Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia) Texan Confederate battle flag of undetermined origin; from Flags of the American Civil War, 1: Confederate; Osprey Military Men-At-Arms Series # 252, p. 44.

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9th Mississippi, Co. B. J.D. Edwards photograph. Kinlock Falconer, eventually of Bragg's staff, holds the frying pan; from The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 361 (Library of Congress)

Second Brigade
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Colonel M. Jefferson Thompson, pre-war mayor of St. Joseph, Missouri, and colorful opponent of MG John Fremont. From The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 283.
Members of Ninth Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Penasacola; photograph by J.D. Edwards. From The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, William C. Davis & Bell I. Wiley, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, 1998. p. 679; Louisiana Historical Association, Special Collections Division, Tulane University Library, New Orleans.
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