6-30-21 Never Give up, Never Surrender

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During the Battle of Shiloh at the Sarah Bell Field, this Brigadier General pleaded with his men to join the attack. He clutched the flag of the Mississippi Brigade and they rallied "with a wild shout" and joined the assault.

Who was that Brigadier General?
What regiment's banner did he take up?

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1) the Brigadier was James A. Chalmers
2) As for the regiment, I found two different sources, one saying he grabbed the flag of 9th Mississippi, one saying the flag of the 10th Mississippi. As my 2nd source repeats the wording of the question almost verbatim, if I have to choose one regiment in the sense of the question I will go with the 10th Mississippi

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"The Brigade That Never Quit: Chalmers’ Mississippians at Shiloh" https://www.historynet.com/chalmers-mississippians-shiloh.htm

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Brigadier General James Chalmers?

Edit - Cornpone and Molasses, you're right about the identity of the general. Unfortunately, we frequently have multi-part questions in the trivia game, and when that is the case, players must answer all parts of the question in order to receive credit for a correct response.

Welcome to the trivia game. Hope you'll come back and play again.

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