"Missouri Battle Flag" 9th Battalion Missouri Sharpshooters Stickers/Magnet

The 9th Battalion Missouri Sharpshooters. Flags bearing the Roman cross first gained prominence among the Missouri regiments of General Price's Army of the West and then spread to the units within the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. During the struggle for Vicksburg, such flags were flown in profusion by the six Missouri regiments of Price's army and by units from other armies and states.

9th Battalion Sharpshooters was organized during the winter of 1862-1863 with two companies, later increased to five. The men were recruited from Missouri units in the field. It was assigned to Parson's and S.P. Burns' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and fought in Arkansas and Louisiana. This unit lost 9 killed, 26 wounded, and 8 missing at Helena, and after the fight it mustered 190 men. It reported 10 wounded at Pleasant Hill and 4 wounded at Jenkins' Ferry. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded. Major Lebbeus A. Pindall was in command.