![]() ![]() Mingus begins by providing a sweeping history of the Louisiana Tigers their predecessors, Wheat's Tigers the organizational structure and leadership of the brigade in 1863 and the personnel that made up its ranks. Mingus, Sr., offers the first significant detailed exploration of the Louisiana Tigers during the entirety of the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. Hays's First Louisiana Brigade - better known as the "Louisiana Tigers" - have tended to focus on just one day of the Tigers' service - their role in attacking East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg on J- and have touched only lightly on the brigade's role at the Second Battle of Winchester, an important prelude to Gettysburg. Previous works on Confederate brigadier general Harry T. ![]()
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