6th Georgia Cavalry

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Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joe Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign $19.58 Confederate cavalry has a storied and favorable relationship with the history of the Civil War. Tales of raids and daring exploits create a whiff of lingering romance about the horse soldiers of the Lost Cause. Sometimes, however, romance obscures history.In August 1863 William Rosecrans’ Union Army of the Cumberland embarked on a campaign of maneuver to turn Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee out … |
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Captain Charles H. Thoit’s Company, 12th regiment (Wright’s) Georgia confederate cavalry Georgia state guard (1863-1864 – enlisted for six months): A militia unit from Effingham County, Georgia … |