Cracker Cavaliers: The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest - Hardcover

Poole, John Randolph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865546975 ISBN 13: 9780865546974

Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr, 2000

Synopsis

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 Bedford Forrest and Joe Wheeler, and campaigned not only on home turf, but literally on the farm acreages of many of the unit's members.

Cracker Cavaliers: The 2nd Georgia Cavalry under Wheeler and Forrest documents the regiment's participation in major campaigns of the western theater, including the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea from an ordinary soldier's perspective on the Civil War.

About this title

About the Author

John Randolph Poole, a graduate of the University of Georgia, is managing partner of Poole and Dunn Public Affairs Company in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865546975
• ISBN 13: 9780865546974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 297