"Presents the story of the 1st Missouri Infantry, a Confederate regiment, through the words of Captain Joseph Boyce of Company D, the St. Louis Greys. Features an editor's introduction to each chapter, extensive endnotes, and other writings by Boyce"--Provided by publisher.

Getting organized, June/September 1861 -- Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, October/December 1861 -- In Kentucky and Tennessee, January/March 1862 -- Shiloh, Tennessee, April 1862 -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May/September 1862 -- Corinth, Mississippi, October/December 1862 -- In defense of Vicksburg, January/May 1863 -- The Vicksburg siege, May/July 1863 -- With Johnston's army of relief, May/July 1863 -- Rest and reorganization, August 1863/April 1864 -- Defending Atlanta under Johnston, May/June 1864 -- Defending Atlanta under Hood, July/September 1864 -- Allatoona Pass, Georgia, September/October 1864 -- Franklin, Tennessee, October/December 1864 -- The last battle: Fort Blakely, Alabama, January/April 1865 -- Prisoners of war, April/May 1865 -- War echoes, 1887.