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the third battalion mississippi infantry and the 45th mississippi regiment a civil war history
this is an accounting of the experiences of the soldiers of hardcastles 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 cleburnes fabled division during almost every major engagement of the army of tennessee . told as much as possible from the point of view of the soldier the book shows what motivated the original volunteers to join and continue fighting to the end .