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| BRITAINS 17403 CONFEDERATE CAVALRY PRIVATE MOUNTED NO.3 | | | US $70.71 | 4d 11h 37m |
| BRITAIN BRITAINS 17374 CONFEDERATE CAVALRY PRIVATE NEW IN BOX W/ CERTIFICATES | | | US $99.00 | 12d 11h 30m |
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| | John Hunt Morgan, Confederate Cavalry Officer in the Civil War $39.99 John Hunt Morgan, Confederate Cavalry Officer in the Civil War - Giclee Print |
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| | 3rd S.C.V. Cavalry Confederate Cap by CafePress $17 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Battalion. Confederate Cap . Our adjustable, 100% brushed cotton Cap is unstructured and an ideal way to beat the heat. Wear it anytime you want to keep the sun off or cover up a bad hair day. It features a sturdy low profile brim, sweatband, and adjustable closure, as well as Pre |
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| | 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry $103.56 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, also known as Mosbys Rangers, Mosbys Raiders or Mosbys Men, was a battalion of partisan cavalry in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Noted for their lightning strikes on Union targets and their ability to consistently elude pursuit, the Rangers disrupted Federal communications and supply lines. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 156 Publication Date: 2010/08/04 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.36 inches |
| | 8th Ohio Cavalry $60.54 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The 8th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry was a regiment of cavalry raised by the state of Ohio for service during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, primarily in West Virginia and then in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The 8th Ohio Cavalry was formed on January 4, 1864, from among members of the former 44th Ohio Infantry, under the command of Col. Samuel A. Gilbert. Organized and mustered into service in March 1864 at Camp Dennison in Cincinnati, it first served in West Virginia and was attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia. It saw considerable service during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 under Philip H. Sheridan, fighting in several key battles that led to the defeat of the Confederate Army of the Valley. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2010/08/05 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches |
| | The 1862 U S Cavalry Tactics $25.93 The Civil War manual for employment of cavalry in battle that was used by both Union and Confederate armies School of the trooper, platoon, and squadron Includes: Evolutions of the regiment and the line--Manual of arms for sword and pistol--Music for all 38 cavalry bugle calls--Special section for cavalry operations on the frontier Directed by the U.S. War Department in 1859 to prepare a new, revised manual for U.S. cavalry operations, then-Col. Philip St. George Cooke produced this book after extensive research of cavalry tactics used by the advanced nations in Europe, where he had been an observer in the Crimean War (1854-1856). Originally published in 1860, the book was revised in 1861 and 1862. This 1862 Government Printing Office edition combines the former two volume work into one book. |
| | Battle of Gettysburg, Third Day Cavalry Battles $73.28 The history of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863) has focused on the disastrous infantry assault nicknamed Picketts Charge. During and after that charge, however, two significant cavalry battles also occurred: one approximately three miles (5 km) to the east, in the area known today as East Cavalry Field, the other southwest of the Big] Round Top mountain (sometimes called South Cavalry Field). The East Cavalry Field fighting was an attempt by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuarts Confederate cavalry to get into the Federal rear and exploit any success that Picketts Charge may have generated. Union cavalry under Brig. Gens. David McM. Gregg and George Armstrong Custer repulsed the Confederate advances. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 88 Publication Date: 2010/04/21 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.21 inches |
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Encouraging Hearts, Strengthening Hands: Women Support the Confederate War Effort
Nathan Bedford Forrest
While many of the figures associated with the Confederacy have become controversial in the years since the war, few have been the subject of more controversy than Nathan Bedford Forrest.
A man of contradictions himself, it's no wonder that Forrest stirs such strong feelings - either of respect or disgust - in so many people. Nor would this surprise Forrest, who was just as divisive in his lifetime as he is now.
Get there first with the most. Nathan Bedford Forrest
A truly self-made man if there ever was one, Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in 1821 to a poor Tennessee family. When his father died, leaving a wife and twelve children, Forrest, then 17, took over as head of the family. By 1858, Forrest was a Memphis city alderman, owner of several plantations, slave trader, and a millionaire.
At the outset of Civil War in 1861, Forrest, who was exempted from service by his planter status, instead chose to join the Confederate Army as a private. He outfitted an entire regiment with horses, weapons, and equipment out of his own pocket; his Army superiors and the governor of Tennessee, surprised both by Forrest's voluntary service and largesse, commissioned him a colonel.
Forrest had no military training, but he was a quick learner, and soon had command of his own regiment. Of his regiment, a number were African-American; it has been reported that when war began, Forrest offered 44 of his slaves freedom in exchange for serving in the Confederate Army, and that only one deserted, the remainder staying with Forrest until the war's end.
I have never, on the field of battle, sent you where I was unwilling to go myself; nor would I advise to go a course which I myself was unwilling to pursue. Nathan Bedford Forrest
In many of the major battles of the Civil War, Forrest distinguished himself as fearless soldier and a strong leader. He fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Murfreesboro, moving up quickly. It's a notable fact that Forrest was one of few generals, Union or Confederate, who began the war as a private and ended as a general.
Lack of military training notwithstanding, Forrest nevertheless not only distinguished himself in the service of the Confederacy, but also revolutionized warfare. Known as "the wizard of the saddle," Forrest's mobile regimental tactics would later be translated from horse to vehicle in modern warfare. Another of Forrest's ideas that continued to find use was the concept of special forces; interestingly, Forrest's Elite Company, as it was known, included at least eight African-American soldiers.
However, General Forrest's career was not without scandal; in April 1864, General Forrest led his troops in the capture of Fort Pillow in Tennessee. Many of the Union soldiers defending Fort Pillow were African-American, and the subsequent battle, in which most of the soldiers, both white and black, were killed, was the focus of a congressional investigation as to whether the attack was actually a massacre, spurred on by the Confederate resentment for the African-American soldiers. Although Forrest was cleared of the charges of war crimes associated with the battle, he was afterward known in the North as "Fort Pillow Forrest."
When news of General Lee's surrender at Appomattox reached Forrest in Florida, he too surrendered. He'd been injured several times during the war, had 30 horses shot out from under him, and his cavalry included 65 African-American soldiers when he surrendered.
Financially devastated by the war, Forrest went to work for the railroad. By the time of his death, his circumstances were destitute.
We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict. Nathan Bedford Forrest
Reduced circumstances did not humble Forrest, who was still a controversial character even after the war. One of the most infamous activities Forrest may or may not have pursed after the war was the formation of the Ku Klux Klan. Although he denied any official participation in the Ku Klux Klan, Forrest was named the honorary Grand Wizard of a KKK convention in Nashville in 1867. Forrest apparently did not support the activities of the KKK, and in 1869, disgusted with the violence and harassment wrought by the Klan, ordered them to disband. increasingly violent tactics, ordered the Klan to disband, claiming that the Klan was "being perverted from its original honorable and patriotic purposes, becoming injurious instead of subservient to the public peace." When Congress investigated KKK activities in 1871, they determined that there was no evidence that Forrest had either led or founded the KKK, and that his involvement consisted of his efforts to disband the organization.
Forrest's efforts to distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan were apparently sincere; in 1875, he became the first white man to speak to the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association, a civil rights organization made up of freedmen. Forrest's short speech included statements about the right of freedmen to vote for their candidate of choice and his hope for an expanded role for freedmen in the South. He shocked many, both black and white, by ending his speech by kissing a daughter of one of the freedmen on the cheek.
Forrest's reputation has continued to grow both as a revered leader and a representative of racial hatred in the years since the war. Regardless, he is a figure who continues to fascinate.
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