Cracker Cavaliers; The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest
Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2006. Second, Corrected Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xxv, [1], 288, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To James John R. Poole. This is the preferred edition, as it contains the corrections. Includes Preface, Cracker Cavaliers; A Regiment is Born; Henry Sees the Elephant; The Kentucky Campaign; Return to Murfreesboro; From Dover to Tullahoma; Barren Victory, Sullen Despair; The Knoxville Campaign; The Atlanta Campaign; Brown's Mill and Sunshine Church; Working on the Railroad; On Sherman's Flanks; The Carolinas and Surrender; Warriors No More. Illustrations in black and white. Also contains Appendix (Roster of the 2nd Georgia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment), Bibliography, and Index. The author was a renown graduate of the University of Georgia. From the first conflict under General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Murfreesboro in 1862 to the desperate and often brutal battles with Union cavalry in the Carolinas during 1865, the Second Georgia was almost constantly in action. While the Second Georgia fought in such famous campaigns as Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Resaca, Atlanta, and Bentonville, they also participated in deadly encounters at Farmington, Mossy Creek, Noonday Creek, Sunshine Church, and Waynesboro. Many of these conflicts are obscure to all but the most ardent Civil War historians. This is the first regimental history of a Georgia Cavalry regiment ever published. The Second Georgia served under both Nathan Beford Forrest and Joe Wheeler, and campaigned not only on home turf, but literally on the farm acreages of many of the unit’s members. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler, 2nd Georgia Cavalry, Murfreesboro, Atlanta Campaign, Sunshine Church, Tullahoma, Braxton Bragg, Charles Crews, Civil War, Confederacy
ISBN: 9780865546975
[Book #83058]
Price: $75.00