- 12th Mo Cavalry CSA Question | Trans Mississippi Theaters
Greetings! I am a Virginia resident, writing a novel loosely based on my ancestor's life as a CSA soldier (12th Mo Cavalry) and POW at Point Lookout I've done many, many hours of historical research on Missouri (and Point Lookout), but am missing some pieces I hope this forum can supply I
- Thomas’ Legion of Indians and Highlanders, CSA
A rare half plate tintype of 2nd Lieutenant James Conley, Company F, 69th North Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Thomas' Legion)
- 8th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate) | Regimental Histories
Description from Tennessee State Library Archives digital collection: Sgt Jesse Washington Carmack, Co F (formerly D), 8th Tenn Inf Regt , CSA Carmack left Livingston in May 1861 and traveled to Nashville with his regiment He was present at the battles of Corinth, Miss [the siege], Perryville, Ky , Murfreesboro, Tenn , Chickamauga, Geo , Franklin and Nashville, Tenn He deserted on
- Gone to Virginny- A Brief Look at the Unique Service of the First . . .
Seems that when studying Kentucky Confederate units, the great majority of focus is on the Orphan Brigade and Morgan's Cavalry The story of the First Kentucky Infantry is not so well- known A very unique regiment, as it is the only Kentucky regiment to serve in what would become the Army of
- 3rd Alabama Infantry | Regimental Histories
Don Troiani's depiction of a member of Company A, Mobile Cadets, ca 1862 This was the early war state issue uniform of the 3rd Alabama Infantry Notice the brass letters MC on the cap "For the young men of the Mobile Cadets, the heady excitement of the first months of 1861 must then have seemed like a dream come true Here at last was the opportunity to make the fantasies of military glory
- 65th Georgia Volunteer Infantry | Regimental Histories
65th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA actions in East Tennessee from May 1862 through the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, as recorded in the Official Records: Date Commander 65th GVI Activities and Movements 1-May-62 Col Sumner J Smith Formed as Smith's Legion Ga Vol 1-May-62 LtCol JS Fain Loudon, TN, Fain's Battalion
- Fate of the CSS Texas | Naval War - At Sea Along Inland Waterways
The CSA was never able to take possession of the warship, and it wound up being purchased by the Peruvian government, which christened her the America they had also purchased CSS Georgia, which became the Union Both ships took part in the Battle of Abtao (Feb 7, 1866) in which the combined Peruvian Chilean flotilla defeated a Spanish squadron
- Company E, 12th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. | My Civil War Ancestry
Hello, I am interested in any information on Company E, 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, CSA, 1862-65 I have lots of information already, and have been updating (and a little correcting) Mr Frye's 1988 biographical roster I've read all the various narrative histories of the 12th by Frye
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