Shelby's Iron Brigade

Shelby's "Iron Brigade" was a Confederate cavalry brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. The name was created by Joseph O. Shelby's former adjutant John Newman Edwards in his 1867 account, Shelby and His Men.
The brigade originally formed under orders from Major General Thomas C. Hindman following a successful recruiting expedition into Missouri by Joseph O. Shelby, John T. Coffee, and Upton Hays, who each recruited a regiment. These new regiments were brigaded under the command of Colonel Shelby. The brigade participated in four major raids into Missouri during the war, earning a reputation as the most formidable brigade in the theater.
Shelby was promoted to brigadier general following his successful raid of 1863. When Shelby later assumed division command, he was replaced by M. Jeff Thompson. The brigade remained in Shelby's Division in the Army of Missouri and fought in Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition in 1864...