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Florida’s “Cow Cavalry”
Napoleon Bonaparte once prophetically stated, “An army marches on its stomach.” A simple yet very truthful statement and a point that brought major concern and consternation to many a military leader before and after the French leader uttered those six … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments
Tagged 1st Battalion Florida Special Cavalry, Atlanta, Battle of Olustee, Charleston, Confederate Cavalry, Confederate Government, Confederate War Department, Cow Cavalry, Florida, Florida Confederates, John T. Lesley, Napoleon Bonaparte, Savannah, Tampa
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Diversion, Battle and A Town Destroyed
Fort Brooke, an important military outpost during the Civil War, sits on the east bank of the Hillsborough River way down south in what we now call Tampa. The fort saw a short conflict in 1863 (October 16-18) that coincided with the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Memory
Tagged Ballast Point, Civil War Civilians, Florida, Fort Brooke, James McKey, Tampa, Union, USS Adela, USS Tahoma
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