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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES “BY THE NOBLE DARING OF HER SONS”: THE FLORIDA BRIGADE OF THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE By JONATHAN C. SHEPPARD A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2008 Copyright © 2008 Jonathan C. Sheppard All Rights Reserved The members of the Committee approve the Dissertation of Jonathan C. Sheppard defended on July 1, 2008. ________________________________ James P. Jones Professor Directing Dissertation ________________________________ J. Anthony Stallins Outside Committee Member ________________________________ Joe M. Richardson Committee Member ________________________________ Peter Garretson Committee Member ________________________________ Michael Creswell Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii “Why did they come? Because their State called them.” Robert H. M. Davidson, June 16, 1898 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Without mentors, family, and friends, this dissertation could not have been attempted, much less completed. Therefore I will attempt to render my gratitude and appreciation to those who accompanied me on this journey. First, I owe Dr. Jim Jones thanks for being not only a major professor, but a friend. Dr. Jones’ guidance and suggestions helped mold this dissertation, and his dispensing of advice regarding academia has always been helpful.