First Missouri Brigade

{{Short description|Infantry unit of the Confederate States Army}} {{infobox military unit | unit_name = First Missouri Brigade | image = | caption = | dates = January 1862 to May 1865 | allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States of America|1862}} | branch = {{army|CSA}} | type = Infantry | equipment = | battles = American Civil War *Battle of Pea Ridge *Battle of Iuka *Second Battle of Corinth *Battle of Port Gibson *Battle of Champion Hill *Battle of Big Black River Bridge *Siege of Vicksburg *Battle of Allatoona *Battle of Franklin *Battle of Fort Blakeley }}

The '''First Missouri Brigade''' was an infantry brigade that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was mostly recruited from members of the Missouri State Guard – a secessionist force formed from the Missouri Volunteer Militia when the allegiance of the state was disputed.{{r|A|G|T}}

The brigade was first formed during the winter of 1861–62 as the first brigade of the division commanded by Sterling Price. It was initially led and drilled by Lewis Henry Little.{{r|M}} In September 1862, Little was promoted to command of the division and the brigade was then commanded by Elijah Gates. In March 1863, Francis Cockrell took command of the brigade and led it for most of the remaining war. The unit had its last stand under Col. James McCown at the Battle of Fort Blakeley in April 1865.

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<ref name=A>{{citation |last=Anderson |first=Ephraim M. |url=https://archive.org/stream/06749268.3412.emory.edu/06749268_3412#page/n5/mode/2up |title=Memoirs, Historical and Personal: Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade |location=Saint Louis |publisher=Times Printing Company |year=1868}}</ref> <ref name=G>{{citation |title=In Deadly Earnest: The History of the First Missouri Brigade |year=1992 |first=Phil |last=Gottschalk |publisher=Missouri River |isbn=9780963113610}}</ref> <ref name=T>{{citation |title=The South's Finest: The First Missouri Confederate Brigade from Pea Ridge to Vicksburg |year=1993 |first=Phillip Thomas |last=Tucker |publisher=White Mane |isbn=9780942597318}}</ref> <ref name=M>{{citation |work=Confederate Military History |authorlink=John C. Moore (Denver mayor) |first=John |last=Moore |year=1899 |pages=108–9 |title=Missouri |volume=9}}</ref>

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Category:1862 establishments in Missouri Category:1865 disestablishments in Alabama Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Missouri Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Brigades of the Confederate States Army