The book is full of official documentation and includes roster's of all the men who served in the 9th and the 10th Missouri Cavalry, as well as partial rosters of Bowen's Battalion (Ist Missouri Cavalry Battalion) and the 28th Missouri Infantry. Bowen's Battalion served as bodyguards/escorts to Gen. Curtis at Pea Ridge, and Company C of the 10th Missouri Cavalry were escorts to Gen. Blair during the Vicksburg Campaign. The book (636 pgs.) gives a complete history of the 10th, as well as a brief history of events in Missouri throughout the Civil War and includes graphics of some of the personalities involved with the 10th. Little known facts of the Civil War involving the 10th: On August 10th of 1863, Lt. Col. William D. Bowen shot and killed his superior officer, Col. Florence M. Cornyn, at Corinth, Mississippi, exactly two years to the day that both had fought at Wilson's Creek.
Book Reviews:
Civil War Book Review
(Fall-2006), Civil War Courier
(June-2006), Civil War Historian (September/October-2006).
"The Fighting 10th", a never before published history of the Union 10th Missouri Cavalry, can be purchased on this website by clicking the "Links" section
of this page for Credit Card orders. You may also order the book directly from me by sending check/money order to : Len Eagleburger at 923 S. Missouri, Springfield, MO 65806
Price per Dustcover/Hardback is $32.81 which includes UPS shipping. Price per Paperback is $21.81 which also includes UPS shipping. The book is also offered locally at Barnes and Noble and Wilson's Creek National Battlefield and is offered from time to time on Ebay.
The Fighting 10th", "The
History of the 10th Missouri Cavalry US, by Len Eagleburger. Copyright 2004 by Len Eagleburger. All rights reserved. ISBN: 1-4140-1646-8 (e-book), ISBN: 1-4140-1644-1 (Paperback), ISBN: 1-4140-3296-X (Dust Jacket), Library of Congress Control Number: 2003098582
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