Some say our State did not Secede. ...If she did or if she didn't we'll have her anyhow. Let us alone, we'll do the same, that is the Southern rule. If that won't do we'll pack the State down South on Shelby's Mule...Shout Boys, make a noise, the Yankees are afraid. That something's up and hell's to pay when Shelby's on a raid. --lyrics of Shelby's Mule (Confederate Song from Missouri) Next ...

Regemental history of the 17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. Western Campaign 1861-1865 describing battles in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia.