A Small but Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Foreword by Robert K. Krick.. This item is unavailable.A Small but Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Foreword by Robert K. Krick.

Octavo, gray boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 254 pp. Fine in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: 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 appeared. Based on more than two decades of research, Wters 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 was then a turbulent and thinly settled frontier region, the Florida troops serving in the Confederacy were never numerous, but they had the good or bad luck of finding themselves at crucial points in several significant battles such as Gettysburg where their conduct continues to be a source of contention. Additionally, the study of these utis 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 control of soldiers and units from the various Confederate states, and widespread and understandable problems of morale. Despite the appalling conditions of combat, these soldiers were capable of the highest courage in combat. This work is an important contribution to the record of lee's troops, ever a subject of intense interest. Civil War, War between the States, U. S. History, United States History, Americana, American History, Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, Military History, Military Biography, Family History nslic.…