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- ↑ Salling 2010, p. 4.
- 1 2 Salling 2010, pp. 13–15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bergeron 1996, pp. 120–122.
- ↑ Durham 1979, pp. 177–178.
- ↑ Salling 2010, p. 223.
Bibliography
- Durham, Ken (Spring 1979). ""Dear Rebecca": The Civil War Letters of William Edwards Paxton, 1861-1863". Louisiana History. 20 (2): 169–196. JSTOR 4231889.
- Bergeron, Arthur W. (1996). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861–1865. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
- Salling, Stuart (2010). Louisianians in the Western Confederacy: The Adams-Gibson Brigade in the Civil War. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 9780786456833.